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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Zama LUTHULI

MYSTERIOUS: S african communities terrorised by gold mining gangs - What They Never Told You

South African soldiers guard detained suspects in the fight against illegal mining in Kagiso, Gauteng Province (Credit: AFP)

Walking between the corrugated iron shacks of the informal settlement west of Johannesburg she calls home, Lutho Makheyi points out trenches filled by dirty rainwater holing the unpaved streets.

These are the scars left by illegal gold mining, a business she blames for the high levels of violent crime that haunt South Africa ahead of the tightest general election in decades.

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