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

Police in the North West have retracted earlier claims that extortion attempts had hindered efforts to rescue illegal miners ...

Ten days since mining experts first visited the abandoned shaft, there’s no indication how much longer it will take to start ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

Stilfontein gold mine shaft in the North West ... leaders have cast their eyes on a long-term solution to illegal mining in the area. Plans are currently underway to force hundreds of zama ...

He spoke to GroundUp in Stilfontein ... Deep-level industrial mining is enormously expensive and much of this gold was inaccessible without considerable further investment. Nevertheless, vast ...

The Gauteng High Court dismissed the Society for the Protection of our Constitution's application for relief for illegal ...

The miners in Stilfontein, in the country’s North West province, have been entering the mine, which is no longer in operation, searching for gold deposits. Such illegal mining has long been ...

The mine has been a focal point in Operation Vala Umgodi (“close the hole” in isiZulu) to dismantle illegal mining syndicates ...

They were found with mining equipment including explosives ... 22 November 2024,” Netshiunda said. Meanwhile, the Stilfontein gold mine saga took a twist on Thursday after an individual ...

As South Africa grapples with the growing crisis of illegal mining, the unfolding drama in Stilfontein, North West, has ...