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Illegal mining bleeds billions from economy, says Mantashe

5 February 2026 by CapeTownNewsReader

Mantashe said illegal mining cost the South African economy and the sector R49 billion in 2019. He highlighted that there is a “disturbing trend” emerging from illegal mining incidents with the …Read More at Source

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