zama zamas
POLITICAL incompetence and corruption within government and the criminal justice system are believed to be behind the rise of illegal mining in South Africa.
Political parties and criminal experts say the situation is an example of how such incompetence and corruption have destroyed law and order in the country.
Their comments follow last week’s announcement by government’s Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) cluster that progress had been made in curbing illegal mining in South Africa, with a total of 4 067 suspects arrested on illegal-mining-related charges.
Of these 2 739 are foreign nationals.
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said that of the foreign
