Statistics show that the South African economy is losing approximately R6 billion due to criminal syndicates involved in illegal mining. Scores of poor illegal migrants are sent down into abandoned mines to dig for gold and sell it to crime syndicates, mostly at a risk of loss of limp and life. Can the issuing of licenses for artisanal miners help to reduce the carnage?

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Leihlo la Sechaba, (Sotho for Eye of the Nation) is an investigative programme where journalists investigate topics of interest, developmental stories, corruption, crime and where possible, discover the truth.

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