South Africa: Illegal mining putting Johannesburg infrastructure at risk

Infrastructure in South Africa’s economic hub Johannesburg is increasingly at risk from illegal mining, residents and officials are warning. They say the illicit trade in gold and other minerals is damaging the city’s transport and power networks, as well as its homes and buildings.

Whole chunks of a once-busy road in Johannesburg have collapsed because of damage caused by the illegal mining rampant across South Africa’s economic…