# The Mining Affected Communities United in Action has called on president Cyril Ramaphosa to request the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry to immediately investigate the police’s Operation Vala Umgodi. Spokesperson Sabelo Mguni says this follows the arrest of over 400 alleged illegal immigrants at a mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga on Friday. They believe that Operation Vala Umgodi is being used not to dismantle syndicates, but to shield their leadership, while punishing the poorest links in the chain:
MACUA calls on Madlanga Commission to also probe police’s Operation Vala Umgodi [SOUND]
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