Illegal miners target children
469 views · Published 5 October 2009 · 3:55 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: TimesLIVE Video · 2009 · News & Politics
Poverty is forcing communities in Barberton, Mpumalanga, to join the multibillion rand illegal mining industry. The industry in Mpumalanga is controlled by daring and heavily armed gangs who often overpower the police. Children are being recruited by the gangs to dig for gold in disused mine shafts.
