When zama zamas go hungry deep underground in the abandoned mines where they illegally mine for gold, they sometimes resort ...

Vusi Meyiwa drove more than three hours to look for his friend Mqondisi Khumalo, 35, whom he believed was among many illegal ...

This followed an application on Saturday in which the Society for the Protection of Our Constitution approached the court for ...

President Ramaphosa clarified that illegal mining is a criminal offence that threatens economic stability, community safety, ...

A human rights group likened the government’s approach to forcing illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft in ...

Police have received a request for ARV treatment from trapped illegal miners at Stilfontein. About 4,000 of them remain ...

Law enforcement officials must carry out their mandate while protecting human rights. They cannot violate them in the process ...

The High Court in Pretoria has postponed the urgent application brought by a civic group seeking emergency relief for miners ...

Community members on their way to the mine in Stilfontein, North West, on 19 November 2024, where some of the illegal miners ...

He spoke to GroundUp in Stilfontein, the former mining town in North-West province where zama zamas were recently cut off from food for approximately two months as part of a national clampdown on ...

The Stilfontein mine is a crime scene,” Ramaphosa said, adding that police must secure the area while ensuring the miners' ...