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

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

The Department of Mineral Resources is facing backlash from advocacy groups, including the South African Civic Organisation ...

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

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

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

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

The Stilfontein mine became a focal point as the government, through Mine Safety Rescue Services (MSR), was compelled to ...

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