KRUGERSDORP - The SAPS in Gauteng has called on Krugersdorp communities to work with them in the fight against illegal mining and criminality in the area.
Residents say they live in fear a year after calm was restored, but now zama zamas have come back.
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Operation Vala Mgodi was launched late last year, with members of the SANDF deployed to assist police in the fight against illegal mining.
In the space of a few weeks, a number of horrific cases have been reported,
with two women said to have been raped in the last week.
* eNCA reporter Bafedile Moerane has more.