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 ...

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

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

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

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

But he said it was untrue that government had to be forced by an order of court obtained by NGOs to rescue trapped miners in Stilfontein. He said that plans were already in motion and government ...