Day 33 - The Raid

 

Lockdown Day 33 - There have been strange sounds at night every now and then coming from the gorge below our home. Sometimes there is sounds of a muffled explosion and sometimes sounds similar to a hammer banging on a rock. So fearing that the Zama Zamas had moved into our area, the South African Police, Roodekrans Neighbourhood Watch, Kenmare Kloof Conservation Association, and the security company APCAN went and raided the gorge today.

The result was 6 illegal squatters were forcibly removed from the gorge but no mining equipment were found. The sad part was as soon as it got dark the illegals started moving back into the gorge.