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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe being interviewedsealing holes at abandoned mines in areas such as the East Rand and the West Rand in GautengHe says these illegal miners are breaking the law and they must be arrested. Mantashe spoke to the SABC on the sidelines of an event to hand over a school built through a partnership between Royal Bafokeng Platinum and the North West Education Department in Rustenburg.

Experts say greater political will is needed to curb this growing criminality in the 6 000 abandoned mines across the country. Meanwhile during his visit to Rustenburg Mantashe indicated that efforts were under way to close off unused mines to curb illegal mining.

Pls don't close only where the problem is, learn to prevent, which is better than cure🙏

I thought they are already sealed, snail pace from madala. I swear from now the community will start killing anyone they see around those mines and that's peoples justice ⚖️🤞

Useless minister of them all

They're working on sealing the holes? They just need to call ready mix concrete trucks and pour

They are always caught sleeping oGwede madoda. Haiii this government.

Geraldmohlabe Why should govt spend our money to close mine dumps? Where are the companies that operated those mines? Sad.

All talk and no action as usual from the so called Leadership .😊

Always reactive

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Why aren't they forcing mining firms that left those mines to close the holes? Now tax payers monies will be wasted on this🙆‍♂️

He just woke up from a deep sleep, he is hallucinating.Ncxa!!!!

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