[TOP STORY] Illegal mining runs deeper than zama zamas

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‘The kingpins who are involved, the politicians, the corporations, the security companies, the labour brokers and so on, who are all involved, don't want this to end and they don't want it to be legalised and regulated,’ says lead researcher at Bench Marks Foundation, David van Wyk.

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