Kagiso

Police officers remain on the ground in Kagiso after community members embarked on their own crackdown on illegal miners.

We will be here today and tomorrow." "We will end up unveiling sensitive information of which we have to operate on. Residents, frustrated with the high levels of crime in the area, took to the streets this week.

KAGISO - Angry protesters hunted down miners without permits, sealing makeshift shafts and burning houses after the mass rape of eight women last week west ...

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One person was killed, while others were stripped naked and beaten by groups, who also barricaded roads and searched abandoned mines.

We had Covid and they brought in they brought in SANDF now we have this situation where we are raped; I am a victim of rape. That is why you have seen this week there were 80 people that appeared in court that were arrested with the assistance of the communities,” she said. “The children we arrested are between 13 to 15 years old. That is where they encircled these people that were found lying on the ground and they were rescued, their lives were saved,” she said. “There are about 10 fresh mine shaft holes in Soul City. We burnt tyres and those people still didn’t come out. In the background a cloud of black smoke hovered over open ground where residents were chasing after fleeing miners.

KAGISO - The community of Kagiso in the west of Johannesburg is calling for more police visibility, following a day of violent protests over illegal mining ...

Show them where these people are amongst ourselves because it’s not all of them.” The residents said that law enforcement had been lacking for a long time in the township. The residents say law enforcement has been lacking for a long time in the township.

Angry community members have taken to the streets to call for an end to illegal mining, which they say has been the root cause of the high levels of crime ...

The motive and cause of death will form part of the investigation." The police’s Noxolo Kweza: "Gauteng police can confirm that the body of an unknown man has been discovered in an open veld in the Krugersdorp area. Angry community members have taken to the streets to call for an end to illegal mining, which they say has been the root cause of the high levels of crime in the area.

Kagiso residents say police have failed them. Over 100 alleged illegal miners have been arrested following the gang rapes in Krugersdorp last week. Source. eNCA ...

Police retaliated with rubber bullets after Kagiso residents threw rocks at them in a standoff on Randfontein Road, one of the major routes in the area that ...

We want a safe place for our children,” Falatsi said. The crime in this area is bad — the zama-zamas also contribute to the problem,” she said. We don’t want foreigners in this area because they are dangerous.

Residents of Kagiso and surrounding areas have resorted to vigilantism in a desperate effort to save their communities from illegal miners who have turned ...

Several people protesting against the presence of illegal miners have been arrested in Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, as residents continue to clash with ...

However, a group of protestors whipped and stripped some of the suspected illegal miners before officers stepped in. 13h ago However, some protesters used corrugated iron sheets to shield themselves from the rubber bullets. 13h ago 13h ago 13h ago

Thirty suspects arrested for illegal mining at the mining dump near the R28 road in Krugersdorp, bringing the total number to over 130 suspects that have been ...

The owner of the house who prefers to remain anonymous says the illegal miners have been renting in her yard for about four years. Angry Kagiso residents say they are fed up and want all the illegal miners out of the township. Locals earlier torched shacks believed to belong to the illegal miners, most of whom are foreign nationals.

They say illegal immigrants are occupying informal settlements in the area and are allegedly committing serious crimes. "We want to see change, we don't want ...

They say the zama zama are committing crimes and police are doing nothing about it. Everything favours the immigrants," one resident said. The West Rand has descended into chaos this morning as hundreds of residents took to the streets to apprehend illegal miners.

Anger over the recent Krugersdorp mass rape by alleged illegal miners led to residents of Kagiso on the West Rand taking to the streets on Thursday morning, ...

Police are currently on the scene firing rubber bullets at the protesting community. Suspects arrested for rape appear in Krugersdorp: ...

Seven hundred (700) tons of gold-bearing material surpassing R2.5 million was found in 5 of the illegal plants uncovered. #sapsHAWKSA total of forty-six (46) suspects were arrested for #IllegalMiningand one fatally wounded. Residents in Kagiso have taken to the street blockading the R28. They are expressing frustration over illegal mining in the area which they believe is the cause of the criminality in the area.

Several people protesting against the presence of illegal miners have been arrested in Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, as residents continue to clash with ...

Even in my ward, in Extension 13, we have been having issues with [armed] robberies." However, some protesters used corrugated iron sheets to shield themselves from the rubber bullets. - The residents were protesting against the presence of illegal miners in the area.

The West Rand has descended into chaos as hundreds of residents took to the streets to apprehend illegal miners.

Reporters Aviwe Mtila and Nqobile Madlala have more details in the video above. Residents say the zama zamas are committing crimes and the police are doing nothing about it. The area descended into chaos as hundreds of residents took to the streets to apprehend illegal miners.

During shutdown operations in the area on Thursday, community members told City Press that the police had failed to act against illegal miners who commit ...

Members of our community policing forum were shot at in the early hours of the morning today,” said Thabo Molusi, head of the forum. On Wednesday, Police Minister Bheki Cele, accompanied by the tactical response team, the flying squad, the K-9 unit and the Hawks, spent the day raiding mine dumps in the Krugersdorp area after eight women were gang raped last week. “They turned this mine dump into their own village.

A protest against illegal miners in Kagiso, Krugersdorp took an unexpected turn early on Thursday when residents found suspected zama zamas near mine dumps ...

They have turned us into their prey," the man said. We have taken over the police's work. They rob, rape, and kill us daily. Some of them burnt grass that covered mine dumps as they searched for zama zamas. They have terrorised us for a long time. The residents claimed police had failed them.