# AfriForum calls on acting national police commissioner Puleng Dimpane to urgently intervene in ongoing violence between suspected illegal-mining groups in Schoemanskloof, Mpumalanga. Six suspected illegal miners were shot dead in August, while further gunfire was reported in the area last week. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk urges police to investigate the wider criminal networks behind illegal mining, including financiers, gold buyers and firearm suppliers, and maintain a stronger police presence in the area:
AfriForum urges police to dismantle criminal networks behind illegal mining [SOUND]
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