More than a week ago Police Minister Senzo Mchunu deployed a task team headed by local government to shut down an illegal ...

JOHANNESBURG - Eleven illegal miners have resurfaced from the old Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein as Operation Vala Umgodi enters another week. Earlier this month, police intensified their bid ...

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

The big profits from illegal gold mining surge to the criminals at the top who launder the precious metal into a 'clean asset'. These are the masterminds who need to be 'smoked out'.

Police say the illegal miners that are underground in Stilfontein are not trapped, as they emerged at night when they didn’t ...

A total of 14 illegal miners were arrested after they emerged from the disused mines in Stilfontein in the North West, where they had been holed up for months following the arrival of police as part ...

FOURTEEN illegal miners were arrested on Sunday night after emerging from the closed Buffelsfontein mine near Stilfontein, ...

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

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

Police have confirmed that about eleven illegal miners have resurfaced from an abandoned gold mineshaft in the North West.

One body was resurfaced and the pathology process is under way to verify the nationality and the time of his death.’ ...