Artisanal Miners Face Onerous Obstacles To Become Legal Inter Press It's a struggle for artisanal miners working in south africa to be legalised due to onerous requirements. credit: naam. by fawzia moodley (johannesburg) friday, march 24, 2023. inter press service. johannesburg, mar 24 (ips) greed, poverty, irresponsible legal mining giants which exploited and then abandoned south africa's mines, together. With the publishing of the policy on artisanal and small scale mining in march 2022, artisanal miners all over the country are forming cooperatives in a bid to be legalised. but it is an uphill battle to get permits. the lrc also warns of further conflict and xenophobia because the law precludes foreign zama zama from getting permits.
Artisanal Miners Face Onerous Obstacles To Become Legal Inter Press Clearly, this is a pipe dream, as the struggle by artisanal miners to get permits to become legal has underlined. the irony is that their legalisation will not only allow them to earn a living but. Artisanal miners face onerous obstacles to become legal greed, poverty, irresponsible legal mining giants which exploited and then abandoned south africa’s mines, together with the government’s failure to enforce regulations on the mining giants to rehabilitate mines before closing them, have created fertile ground for a thriving illegal. Artisanal miners in the north west province of south africa at work. credit: naam. with the publishing of the policy on artisanal and small scale mining in march 2022, artisanal miners all over the country are forming cooperatives in a bid to be legalised. but it is an uphill battle to get permits. Violence is inevitable. local communities and artisanal miners, who until recently could not become legal, often get caught in the crossfire of territorial battles between rival zama zama gangs. in july 2022, all hell broke loose after the horrific gang rape of film crew members at a mine dump close to west village in krugersdorp on the west rand.
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