Marikana was a precursor to Stifontein and show the lengths to which the state would go to punish people in protection of corporate interests, particularly in the mining industry ...

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

As Operation Vala Umgodi nears its end, the need for setting up a permanent, specialist police unit to combat illegal mining would be a positive step forward.

The Department of Mineral Resources is facing backlash from advocacy groups, including the South African Civic Organisation ...

The South African government spent just over R30 million retrieving suspects involved in illegal mining at the Buffelsfontein ...

The DA has formally written to Sanral, urging immediate intervention to address the persistent flooding issues on the N12 ...

The Department of Home Affairs has deported 46,898 undocumented immigrants in the past financial year, an increase of 18%.

PRETORIA - Police say they've already spent over R30 million in the Stilfontein operation. That's according to North West police commissioner, Patrick Asaneng. He briefed a joint sitting of Parliament ...

At least 20 of the informal miners who died in Shaft 11 of the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein died of starvation and ...

Calling illegal immigration a 'huge problem', Senzo Mchunu told Parliament: 'The overall fundamental issue is border management'.

JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Home Affairs said that Operation Vala Umgodi, established to clamp down on illegal mining at ...

Of the 1,826 "zama zamas" or illegal miners arrested in the Vala Umgodi operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in ...