'Illegal female miners pressured by police to do sexual favours to avoid arrest'

This is according to a report, “Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa — An Evidence-Based Report 2019”, launched in Johannesburg on Thursday.

The research looked into challenges facing zama zamas - illegal miners - and the artisanal mining sector. It also sought to find possible solutions for consideration in the strategic framework by the department of minerals and resources.The report found that female miners were discriminated against in terms of where they could work on the artisanal mining sites and the resources that they could exploit. The working relationships and arrangements on sites favoured men.

“Women suffer abuse from the police and are often pressured into sexual favours to avoid arrest,” the report noted.“They are exploited by buyers during mineral sales. The other challenges related to difficulties in accessing land and mineral rights, and no support is provided to the female miners on access to mineral rights licences.”

Another concern was the stigmatisation of sex workers working on artisanal mining sites and the manner in which they were treated, the report said.

Its a win-win situation...big up SAPoliceService

How is she illegal in her country. This law thing is shit 😢

These police fools take advantage.

Rape will never end while there's still police officers still doing this.

The same as they allegedly do with the prostitutes

Our South African cops, ai mxm mara cops are revolting these days arg mahn

2 wrongs never make a right kodwa bayabalaya we are tired of this illegal miners

Our officers at it again

They must be aware of ipid; have sex with him get the ipid involved it's clear they don't want to work.basuthi

The police do the same to sex workers

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