There has been a renewed call for government to support formalising the country’s artisanal mining sector in efforts to address challenges including unemployment, as well as health and environmental challenges experienced in former and current mining areas. This was expressed in a report, titled ‘Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa – An Evidence-Based Report 2019’, which was commissioned by the Open Society Foundation for South Africa and compiled by the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Mining, in collaboration with non-governmental organisation Action Aid.
