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

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

The mine in question near the town of Stilfontein southwest of Johannesburg has been the scene of a standoff between police and miners since authorities first attempted to get the miners out and ...

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

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 ...

The miners carry what is left, in the form of amalgam or ore, to the surface, where it can be further refined or sold. Operation Vala Umgodi reached the Stilfontein shafts last August. The police ...

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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 ...