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Illegal mining clampdown in South Africa: treating desperate people like criminals is an injustice – legal scholar

By Tracy-Lynn Field, Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Law, University of the Witwatersrand

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi (“plug the hole”), South African authorities have since December 2023 been trying to disrupt the illicit gold mining economy by cutting…

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