The national crackdown against illegal mining began in late 2023, in part spurred by the rise of violent crime in communities ...

The bodies of 78 Zama Zama's were pulled from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

Following the tragic Stilfontein mine disaster that claimed 78 lives, civil society and political parties demand ...

Allegations that the miners, including dozens of Zimbabweans, resorted to eating human flesh in order to survive were also ...

David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs ...

By A Correspondent A total of 33 Zimbabwean nationals are among 246 illegal miners who were retrieved and arrested during the South African government’s ongoing extraction operation at an ...