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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.

Editor's Comment
Gov't must empower DCEC urgently

As the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government takes charge, it must act decisively to equip the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) with the tools, laws, and resources needed to combat graft. The time for half-measures is over. DCEC Director-General, Botlhale Makgekgenene’s, recent address to the Public Accounts Committee paints a stark picture. Over five years, leadership instability, chronic underfunding and weak...

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