The rise of illegal mining in the country has raised human rights concerns and questions about who ultimately benefits.

The South African government spent just over R30 million retrieving suspects involved in illegal mining at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, North West. This was part of Operation Vala ...

More than five months after Operation Vala Umgodi in Stilfontein, police confirm 156 cases involving 1 831 suspects remain ...

Earlier this month, 565 illegal miners were arrested at an abandoned mine in Orkney, in the same North West province as Stilfontein, when they resurfaced after running out of supplies. Members of ...

The Department of Mineral Resources is facing backlash from advocacy groups, including the South African Civic Organisation (Sanco) and Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) over its ...

A monthslong police intervention to coax workers from an abandoned gold mine in South ... have been rescued at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, Stilfontein, since operations began. Many of the miners ...

Family members have identified 12 of 78 bodies found in a gold mine in North West province's Stilfontein town in January, but time is running out for remaining 66, says health official - Anadolu Ajans ...

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

Thousands of illegal miners, many of them hailing from other countries, are said to operate in abandoned mine shafts across ... the previous day at the Stilfontein site. "They are very sick.

This legislation could help unlock the potential of underused assets and abandoned properties, including mines, inner-city buildings and land ...