A South African Police Services (Saps) vehicle is parked near the mine shaft in Stilfontein on 17 November 2024. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP The Department of Mineral Resources is facing backlash ...

Spread This NewsThe Citizen The South African government spent just over R30 million retrieving suspects involved in illegal ...

As Operation Vala Umgodi nears its end, the need for setting up a permanent, specialist police unit to combat illegal mining ...

Marikana was a precursor to Stifontein and show the lengths to which the state would go to punish people in protection of corporate interests, particularly in the mining industry ...

Marikana was a precursor to Stifontein and show the lengths to which the state would go to punish people in protection of ...

Calling illegal immigration a 'huge problem', Senzo Mchunu told Parliament: 'The overall fundamental issue is border ...

The South African government spent just over R30 million retrieving suspects involved in illegal mining at the Buffelsfontein ...

Of the 1,826 "zama zamas" or illegal miners arrested in the Vala Umgodi operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in ...

PRETORIA - Police say they've already spent over R30 million in the Stilfontein operation. That's according to North West ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said it was false to claim government refused to rescue zama zamas ...

The Commission has also received a formal complaint from a community leader in Stilfontein, echoing some of the reported claims. The complainant claims that the state has failed, refused, or neglected ...

People from Pakistan, Ethiopia, and the DRC are the latest nationalities to join the illegal mining activities in the North West province.