WATCH | Limpopo SAPS Commissioner talks on illicit mining kingpin shot dead

JOHANNEBSIRG - A wanted illicit mining kingpin has been shot dead by police.

He was traced to Soweto during Operation Vala Umgodi, which was set up to combat illegal mining activities.

Illegal mining kingpin linked to 29 murders shot dead

The suspect has also been linked to at least 29 illegal mining-related murders in Florida and Nomzamo in Soweto, where 16 people were killed at a local tavern.

SAPS Limpopo Provincial Commissioner Thembi Hadebe spoke to eNCA in the video above.