More than a week ago Police Minister Senzo Mchunu deployed a task team headed by local government to shut down an illegal ...

The Gauteng High Court dismissed the Society for the Protection of our Constitution's application for relief for illegal ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

The mine has been a focal point in Operation Vala Umgodi (“close the hole” in isiZulu) to dismantle illegal mining syndicates ...

( MENAFN - IANS) Johannesburg, Nov 25 (IANS) The South African Police Service (SAPS) on Monday announced the arrest of 14 ...

Police say the illegal miners that are underground in Stilfontein are not trapped, as they emerged at night when they didn’t ...

When zama zamas go hungry deep underground in the abandoned mines where they illegally mine for gold, they sometimes resort ...

JOHANNESBURG - Eleven illegal miners have resurfaced from the old Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein as Operation Vala Umgodi enters another week. Earlier this month, police intensified their bid ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...

The police’s murderous tactics, dubbed “surrender or starve”, have caused outrage in South Africa where unemployment has ...

The Stilfontein mine is a crime scene,” Ramaphosa said, adding that police must secure the area while ensuring the miners' ...