Tackle illegal mining by cracking down on buyers: Benchmarks Foundation
11 March 2017 - 09:53
Police could tackle illegal mining by targeting businesses that buy illicit gold‚ the Benchmarks Foundation said on Tuesday. Speaking on Radio 702‚ researcher David van Wyk said many of these traders boldly advertised their businesses with “we buy gold” signs outside their premises. “I cannot understand why they are not [investigating]‚” Van Wyk said. His comments come after 14 bodies‚ believed to be those of illegal miners‚ were found in Benoni over the last two days.
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