# The Federation for Sustainable Environment has called for a specialised detective unit to tackle illegal mining after over 500 illegal miners were arrested at Sheba Gold Mine in Barberton in Mpumalanga. CEO Mariette Liefferink, says policy alone isn’t enough and South Africa needs better enforcement and cooperation from the police and Hawks. She warns […]
# The Public Servants Association has condemned the Mpumalanga government’s misuse of 39.5-million-rand in public funds over unlawful employee dismissals. The Department of Agriculture spent millions on failed legal battles, ignoring Labour Court rulings and undermining service delivery. The PSA’s Phumzile Zulu says it demands an independent probe into all unfair dismissal litigation, full reinstatement […]
# Gemeenskappe wat naby die Kruger-wildtuin woon, verkies om wild te beskerm en nie skade aan te rig om ‘n bestaan te maak nie, eerder as om diere vir wins dood te maak. The Conversation berig navorsers het bevind dat meer as 80-persent van die inwoners alternatiewe soos kunsvlyt-toerisme, aanlyn wildgidse en bewaringswerk ondersteun. Dit […]
# Die middelvlak-goudprodusent, Pan African Resources, waarsku onwettige mynbou is ‘n nasionale krisis, nadat nog 28 onwettige mynwerkers vanoggend uit die Sheba-myn in Barberton, Mpumalanga gekom het. Altesaam 546 is sedert Vrydag in hegtenis geneem vir betreding, goudoortredings en immigrasie-oortredings. Borgtog van twee-duisend-rand is aan slegs 26 toegestaan. Die onderneming se woordvoerder, Hethen Hira, het […]
# Communities living near Kruger National Park say they prefer wildlife-friendly ways to earn a living, rather than killing animals for profit. According to an article in The Conversation, researchers found over 80-percent of residents surveyed, backed alternatives like craft tourism, online wildlife guiding, and conservation jobs. The findings come amid growing global pressure to […]
# Mid-tier gold producer, Pan African Resources, warns illegal mining is a national crisis after 28 more illegal miners emerged from Sheba Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga this morning. A total of 546 have been arrested since Friday for trespassing, gold offenses, and immigration violations. Only 26 received two-thousand-rand bail. The company’s Hethen Hira told SABC […]
# Die GOOD-party sê hy is bekommerd oor die voortslepende krisis van onwettige mynbedrywighede in Suid-Afrika en die staat se versuim om die kernoorsake en misdaad-meesterbreine te takel. Sedert Vrydag is meer as 500 onwettige mynwerkers as deel van Operasie Vala Umgodi by die Sheba-myn in Barberton na die oppervlak gebring en gearresteer. GOOD se […]
# Polisie in Mpumalanga sê nog onwettige mynwerkers sal na verwagting by die Sheba-myn in Barberton gearresteer word. Gister is nog 24 vasgetrek wat die getal sedert Vrydag op 518 te staan bring. Aanklagte teen hulle sluit in besit van gouddraende materiaal, oortreding van die Immigrasiewet en betreding. Owerhede beraam dat meer as ʼn duisend […]
# The GOOD Party says it is concerned by the ongoing crisis of illegal mining in South Africa, and the state’s failure to address its root causes and criminal masterminds. Since last Friday, over 500 illegal miners were brought to the surface and arrested at the Sheba Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, as part of Operation […]
