STILFONTEIN - Two weeks after appointing a task team to take down an illegal mining ring in North West, Minister of Police ...
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Senzo Mchunu says they don’t know how many people remain trapped in Stilfontein mine.
The number of undocumented children arrested for illegal mining in Stilfontein has increased, sparking further concerns about ...
Late on Sunday night, 14 zama zamas surfaced from deep underground at a disused mine in Stilfontein, where a major operation ...
Over the past few months, a joint police and military operation in Stilfontein has attempted to force zama zamas out from underground by blocking their supply of food. To date, more than 1 300 miners ...
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 ...
Legal proceedings for the detained Mozambican miners have been postponed as the government intensifies its crackdown on ...
Three more suspected illegal miners have resurfaced from an abandoned shaft at a Stilfontein gold mine, in the North West.
Seventeen illegal miners have resurfaced on Thursday from two separate mine shafts in Stilfontein. Police spokesperson ...
Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...
Late on Sunday night, 14 zama zamas surfaced from deep underground at a disused mine in Stilfontein, where a major operation ...