Running a zama zama operation for a crime syndicate is easier and more attractive than going through the arduous motions of ...

Heavily armed illegal mining syndicates are no longer just a problem for abandoned shafts and remote communities. In this ...

Police are intensifying efforts to curb illegal mining within the Florida policing precinct, continuing with regular raids at sites where zama zamas have established extensive operations. Last week, ...

Security forces intensified their crackdown on illegal mining in the West Rand, uncovering active shafts and seizing ...

Two illegal miners were shot dead during a two-hour gun battle with police in Carletonville after officers were met with heavy gunfire while executing an intelligence-driven operation targeting ...

Illegal mining has suffered a setback on the escarpment around Kaapsehoop, after a week-long security operation ended with arrests of Zama Zamas and the seizure of high-tech equipment last week. The ...

Stilfontein and Bapong have recently emerged as major hotspots, with residents expressing growing concern over the presence ...

Despite a full-day deployment by the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and SA Police Service (SAPS) at the N12 informal ...

On crutches and with a bullet lodged in his leg, Miami Chauke is among the few people who did not flee the gun attacks that emptied South Africa’s once-bustling settlement of Sporong, where abandoned ...

The seizure of explosives valued at R1 million at Beitbridge Port Entry early this week has raised concern over their ...