Rivers Under Siege: Limpopo's Sand Mining Crisis
The Democratic Alliance in Limpopo is demanding an urgent joint sitting of portfolio committees to investigate the systemic failures enabling rampant illegal sand mining across the province. This destructive activity, causing severe ecological damage and threatening water security, continues unchecked due to government inaction and exploitation of legal loopholes. The DA insists on immediate action, including shutting down operations and prosecuting offenders, to protect Limpopo's environment and communities.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo will call for an urgent joint sitting of the Portfolio Committees on LEDET, Agriculture, Community Safety, and COGHSTA to investigate the systemic failures enabling the rampant spread of illegal sand mining across the province, and to ensure a firm commitment by the government to end this anarchy.
This is the crux of a media statement issued on Monday by Jacques Smalle, member of the provincial legislature and the DA’s provincial spokesperson for ...