STILFONTEIN - Two weeks after appointing a task team to take down an illegal mining ring in North West, Minister of Police ...
The number of undocumented children arrested for illegal mining in Stilfontein has increased, sparking further concerns about ...
Legal proceedings for the detained Mozambican miners have been postponed as the government intensifies its crackdown on ...
As Police Minister Senzo Mchunu assessed Operation Vala Umgodi’s progress in Stilfontein, community members demanded better ...
When zama zamas go hungry deep underground in the abandoned mines where they illegally mine for gold, they sometimes resort ...
Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...
Police in the North West have retracted earlier claims that extortion attempts had hindered efforts to rescue illegal miners ...
He spoke to GroundUp in Stilfontein, the former mining town in the ... Deep-level industrial mining is enormously expensive and much of this gold was inaccessible without considerable further ...
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Senzo Mchunu says they don’t know how many people remain trapped in Stilfontein mine.
President Ramaphosa clarified that illegal mining is a criminal offence that threatens economic stability, community safety, ...
Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a crackdown on miners.
Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground ... He spoke to GroundUp in Stilfontein, the former mining town in North-West province where zama zamas were recently cut off from ...