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Podcast: The Talking Point
Episode: Mantashe: Illegal mining costing the country R60- billion
Description: Guest: Frans Baleni - Former mineworker, unionist and FormerNUM General SecretaryGuest: Peter Major - Director of Mining - Modern Corporate Solutions (He’s very good with Mining economics, operations and so on for many years Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister, GwedeMantashe says that illegal mining is a war on the economy. Hewas speaking during a media briefing in Pretoria, on the MinesHealth and Safety statistics for 2024. The issue returned to thespotlight when over one-thousand-900 illegal miners were retrieved from a disused mine in Sti...