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Illegal gold miner sentenced

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FRANCISTOWN: Magistrate Game Mooketsi has decried that cases of illegal gold mining especially those involving foreigners from Zimbabwe are overwhelming the courts.

Mooketsi said this when sentencing Thabani Sibanda, a 26-year-old Zimbabwean man on Tuesday.

Sibanda was arrested on 9th January,2023 at or near Matsiloje village whilst unlawfully mining gold.

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