Harmony representatives made a presentation to the delegation on the extent of illegal mining activities at the mine. Frequent joint security operations involving SAPS and mine security have been conducted to try and 'flush-out' illegal miners from their underground hide-outs. This has unfortunately produced minimum results. The inter-linking of shafts from one mine to another makes it very difficult to control and contain the problem. An additional concern, to the company, is the increasingly high number of Harmony employees participating in these illegal activities. More than 29 employees, including management, were charged and disciplined in July 2009 bringing the total figure to 150. This is in comparison to 64 in 2007 and 80 in 2008. Overall figures also show a tremendous rise in the number of arrests of illegal miners. In 2007, 473 were arrested; in 2008 the number almost doubled to 757 and the current figure in July 2009 was 894. A similar trend is evidenced in the number of illegal miners killed in underground activities: 36 in 2007 and 105 in July 2009. Most of the illegal miners are foreigners from neighboring countries recruited under false promises who end up being trained at hostels like G-hostel. G-hostel has been raided by special units of SAPS a number of times, but still remains the main hub for these illegal mining activities.