Stilfontein resident, Thandeka Thom said there were no job opportunities in the area and desperation drives many to become ...

Mchunu's comments came as law enforcement battles to bring hundreds of illegal mine workers back tot he surface at an ...

The Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu is expected to visit the Stilfontein Mine in the North West where thousands of zama zamas ...

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni posted a clip of heavily armed illegal miners after receiving backlash over ...

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A former mineworker whose two sons, aged 17 and 19, are among scores of illegal miners stuck under a closed gold mine said ...

The government has stated that it will not assist the estimated 4,000 zama zamas believed to be trapped underground in North ...

At least 4000 zama zamas are believed to be underground in North West mines, and government says they will not assist them.

During a search in the house, police officers allegedly found an amount of R1. 8 million stashed inside a bag and they took ...

In today’s news, 1 100 have been deployed to fight illegal mining, President Cyril Ramaphosa held a family meeting on the ...

It seems doubtful that anything approaching an accurate roll call could have been undertaken in such circumstances. ‘Thumbsuck’ is the term that immediately comes to mind.

It’s alleged that police officers failed to book confiscated money into the police station as is standard procedure.