The South African Police Service (SAPS) estimates that 350 to 400 illegal miners are refusing to resurface from an abandoned ...

The South African Police Service and the army have been redeployed to the area as part of ongoing efforts to fight illegal ...

Ministries of Police and Defence to visit North West in response to ongoing illegal mining incident. The Ministry of Police, together with the Ministry of Defence, will visit the ...

Illegal mining is widespread in South Africa. Miners break into derelict mineshafts, oftentimes searching for leftover gold. Organized crime exploits and controls their behavior. Now, above one ...

Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested ...

The trial of 14 South African Police Service officers for Regan Naidoo’s death in a cell in Chatsworth in 2018 has been set ...

Operation Vala Umgodi task team in the North West province has reiterated the call to those illegal miners who are still ...

Upwards of 4,000 illegal miners are believed to be inside an abandoned shaft in the country's North West province. A ...

At least 4000 zama zamas are believed to be underground in North West mines, and government says they will not assist them.

South African Police are appealing for community assistance in locating three suspects linked to the murder of Mboneli Vesele ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will on Thursday allow food and ...

North West Police and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have confirmed that water and food deliveries have ...