Two weeks ago, Vala Umgodi task teams led by the SAPS and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) blocked channels used to deliver food, water and other necessities to suspected illegal ...

The decomposing body of an illegal mine has been recovered at the Stilfontein mine, while more surfaced on Thursday. Police ...

The Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu is expected to visit the Stilfontein Mine in the North West where thousands of zama zamas ...

Concerns around the so-called construction mafia, security and other criminal activity at construction sites, as well as the promotion of practical solutions for building crime-free environments ...

LIMPOPO - Hawks arrested a foreign national suspect (41) for illegal mining related offence, contravening the Immigration Act and seized mining equipment valued at about R3 million at Giyani Section A ...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga, together with Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, will this morning (Friday ...

The SAPS task team in the North West has called on those illegal miners still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return ...

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 ...