To combat the problem of ZamaZamas terrorising communities, the government needs to deploy the army and take charge of the borders, say protesting residents of Riverlea, Johannesburg.
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The Riverlea protest was sparked by the discovery of bodies of suspected illegal foreign miners in the area. Five men were shot dead with police linking the killings to a shootout between two rival groups of illegal miners.To combat the problem of zama zamas terrorising communities, the government needs to deploy the army and take charge of the borders, say protestingThe protest was sparked by the discovery of bodies of suspected illegal foreign miners in the area.
David Twala, a resident of Riverlea told Sowetan's sister publication TimesLIVE that their plea to the government is intervention through the deployment of the army. “We don’t trust the police. At Krugersdorp, they [zama zamas] are still operating [after the protests, after women were allegedly raped and shot at]. What we’re doing now is not something that will end the problem, what we need is the deployment of soldiers and they sort this out.
“It’s the only way forward, our last hope. They managed to shut down the country during Covid-19, this won’t fail them. Illegal mining is unwanted and highly bad. There are people who sold their houses and moved from the area because of the illegal mining activities. We can’t do this any more,” said Twala.
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