Police Minister Senzo Mchunu made the revelation during a roundtable discussion with community leaders in Stilfontein a short ...

STILFONTEIN - Two weeks after appointing a task team to take down an illegal mining ring in North West, Minister of Police ...

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Senzo Mchunu says they don’t know how many people remain trapped in Stilfontein mine.

Late on Sunday night, 14 zama zamas surfaced from deep underground at a disused mine in Stilfontein, where a major operation ...

Over the past few months, a joint police and military operation in Stilfontein has attempted to force zama zamas out from underground by blocking their supply of food. To date, more than 1 300 miners ...

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

Legal proceedings for the detained Mozambican miners have been postponed as the government intensifies its crackdown on ...

As Police Minister Senzo Mchunu assessed Operation Vala Umgodi’s progress in Stilfontein, community members demanded better ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

Seventeen illegal miners have resurfaced on Thursday from two separate mine shafts in Stilfontein. Police spokesperson ...

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

Late on Sunday night, 14 zama zamas surfaced from deep underground at a disused mine in Stilfontein, where a major operation ...