1. The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS), which the Department is part of and which now also includes the Border Management Authority (BMA), has developed a strategy to deal with countering illegal mining throughout the country. There is special focus on four provinces namely Gauteng Province, North-West Province, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Province due to the history of mining.
2. The counter-return operations include other law enforcement agencies.
3. The JCPS Cluster is working on additional funding requests for counter-return operations.
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