JOHANNESBURG - Mining equipment worth R60m has been seized at an illegal coal mine in Mpumalanga.
A mine manager was arrested and a manhunt is currently underway for the owner of the mine.
Excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks were among those seized by the illicit mining task team during an intelligence-driven take down operation.
R12m worth of coal was also seized.
Over the past 12 months, a total of 63 unregulated coal yards were shut down.