. The Department of Home Affairs needs to tighten immigration laws to prevent foreign illegal miners from being in the country; . There should be a workshop of police officials on how to take statements with regards to illegal mining; . There should be more engagements between the NHTL and the department on the issuing of mining licenses, a process that should also include community participation; . The DMR should increase the funding for CGS in order to carry out its mandate and implement the Geoscience Amendment Act; . The DMR should suggest how the law can be changed to prosecute illegal miners and make the job of police easier. This is already recommended by the Free State High Court judgment: Mugota v S (A244/2013) [2014] ZAFSHC 25 (13 March 2014); . When the police arrest people there is a 9 month backlog to verify that they were in possession of unwrought gold. This makes it almost impossible to follow-up with cases because a person has to be released within 48 hours if there is no evidence of breaking the law. The scientific facilities of the CGS should be made available to assist the police rapidly with these forensic inquiries; . The illegal use of water by illegal miners requires consideration by the PC on Water and Sanitation; . There should be a study by DMR to see if some illegal miners can be made into legal small scale or artisanal miners in this environment; . There is a need for better legislation to deal properly with the closure of mines. The more you close the gold mines, the more you are creating conditions that encourage illegal miners. The DMR should research sustainable mine closure, that considers both the environment and community issues; and . The municipalities approve zoning for human settlement despite the fact that these may be in danger zones because of the geology (dolomite), pollution/radioactivity or because of undermining by old mining and present illegal mining. The Constitutional Court has found that land use management is a local and provincial function and is not within the powers of the DMR. There needs to be a better intergovernmental arrangement to stop municipalities zoning for human settlement land that is subject to geohazards.