The rise of illegal mining in the country has raised human rights concerns and questions about who ultimately benefits.

The South African government spent just over R30 million retrieving suspects involved in illegal mining at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, North West. This was part of Operation Vala ...

More than five months after Operation Vala Umgodi in Stilfontein, police confirm 156 cases involving 1 831 suspects remain ...

Police have arrested suspects in Limpopo allegedly involved in illegal mining activities and contravention of immigration ...

Illegal mining is rife at some of South Africa ... hunger and illnesses after police arrived at the Stilfontein mine last August and cut off supplies for a time. Others are believed to have ...

The Department of Mineral Resources is facing backlash from advocacy groups, including the South African Civic Organisation (Sanco) and Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) over its ...

Zama zamas have been a rising problem in the South African mining industry. Uncover the hidden world of illegal miners who ...

Police top brass and officials from the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources briefed the committees on illegal mining and derelict ... in the operation at Stilfontein from August 2024 ...

Of the 1,826 "zama zamas" or illegal miners arrested in the Vala Umgodi operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein ... to clamp down on illegal mining. Having started in December ...

This legislation could help unlock the potential of underused assets and abandoned properties, including mines, inner-city buildings and land ...