Inside Labour | Why zama zamas are not the problem they are portrayed to be

13 Aug 2023

Terry Bell

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SAPS operation in Riverlea to clamp down on illegal miners.

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Contrary to what the police, government and some media outlets have been saying, zama zamas are not the problem that they are portrayed as. These illegal miners are, for the most part, thousands of men and a very few women, who risk life and limb to harvest what is left of one of the bounties of nature.

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