POLICE have arrested 50 illegal miners in Esigodini as the fight to end violence in the mining areas intensifies. Police launched Operation “Chikorokoza Ngachipere”, and “No to machete wielding gangs” on January 14 and the operation has netted in more than 3 000 illegal miners from across the country. The operation was launched at a…

Illegal miners - many of whom travel from place to place in search of gold - often burrow on the outskirts of official mine territory, or in the now disused underground tunnels that were mined previously.
