Several departments detailed their plans to clampdown on the criminal activity of zama zamas and their reign of terror in mining communities.

In the wake of the gang rape of eight women - who were filming a music video near Krugersdorp last month - it has emerged that authorities were repeatedly warned that illegal mining in the community was a ticking time bomb.

In the west of Johannesburg old wounds have reopened for residents who have been desperately seeking government’s intervention to deal with illegal mining and the violent syndicates that control them.

Fish have washed up on the shores of the lagoon as the metro continues to battle extended closures of its beaches because of high sewage and chemical pollution.

Residents have told Police Minister Bheki Cele at the crime combatting imbizo in Kagiso Sunday that their dire warnings about the effects of the illegal mining industry in the area had been ignored.

Police Minister Bheki Cele, along with the departments of Home Affairs and Mineral Resources, have joined forces in an effort to eradicate illicit mining and the ruthless criminal syndicates which control them.

The Kagiso community in the west of Johannesburg has blamed poor policing for the deepening illegal mining crisis and the criminal syndicates that have encroached on the area.

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The City Press is reporting that Mantashe is taking legal action against Chief Justice Raymond Zondo over the findings, which recommend that he be investigated for benefitting from Bosasa.

The embattled company utility said it's suffered a loss of generation capacity at its Koeberg, Kusile and Tutuka power stations.

Cosatu said that government had not only failed citizens that were being terrorised by criminal syndicates in various communities, including Krugersdorp, but they'd also failed to formalise artisanal mining.

Residents have blocked roads with burning tyres and rocks.

It is understood that the 25-year-old-man was shot several times near Zephania Mothopeng Street.

At least 84 suspects are expected to appear in the Krugersdorp Magistrates Court on Monday in connection with the gang rape and robbery of eight women.

They were part of a film crew shooting a music video near a mine dump on Thursday when they were ambushed by armed men believed to be zama zamas.

Forensic services have started the process of analysing the DNA of more than 80 suspects who were arrested in connection with rape and robbery of eight women in Krugersdorp.

A group of gunmen opened fire at people standing near Siqhopholozi tuckshop at the corner of Mpanza and Nxele street in Savannah Park on Sunday.

Police say a group of gunmen emerged from the dark and opened fire at a group of people standing near a tuckshop.