Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has assured residents of the Sporong informal settlement that a police Nyala will be stationed in the area for the next seven days while a special unit deals with illegal mining activities.
He first went to the informal settlement to assess the situation before meeting displaced residents sheltering at the Randgate community hall in Randfontein.
More than 600 people left all their belongings at the informal settlement, took their children, packed all they could carry and fled to the hall in Randfontein due to violence and alleged extortion by zama-zamas.
