So rife and violent are the zama zama turf wars in Jerusalema informal settlement that Nomonde’s two-year-old son Thabo would often scream mama robala fatshe (mama lie down).
Police Minister Bheki Cele says they will soon receive the findings of an investigating into complaints that officials from Langlaagte police station in Johannesburg are not moving fast enough to put an end to illegal mining.
Earlier this week, protests turned violent as angry community members clashed with police about what they say was the police s inability to root out illegal miners from the area.