Botswana: Crackdown On Illegal Gold Miners Yields Results

Matsilojoe — Kgosi Eric Moipolai of Matsiloje has welcomed the improved general safety in the village and its peripheries amid an ongoing crackdown on illegal gold mining.

In an interview on Friday, he expressed optimism for a bountiful harvest from this ploughing season, as farmers could now access their fields safely, free from the threat posed by illegal gold miners.

In recent years, the miners often armed for self-defence and to resist arrest, have been known to terrorise the community,…