Government needs to act as mine crime spins out of control
9 June 2022
Please find attached a soundbite by James Lorimer MP, DA Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources.
The shooting dead of a mine electrician on the west Rand is yet another reminder that the ANC government has lost control of illegal mining.
The electrician was part of a team from Sibanye-Stillwater sent to repair electrical infrastructure that was deliberately damaged by a gang of armed illegal miners estimated to number some 150 people. The gang opened fire and the electrician was killed in the shooting that resulted.
Two police cars were on the scene during the firefight, but made no move to intervene.