colloquially referred to as zama zamas. One community member who was sent by the community to go underground returned with feedback that there are thousands of people in dire need, with many ...
The Hawks in Limpopo have arrested a suspect for alleged illegal mining activity and seized equipment valued at about R3 million in Giyani. The 41-year-old Mozambican man, who is also facing ...
Locally known as "zama zamas", "those who try" in the Zulu language, the miners frustrate mining companies and are accused of criminality by residents. Journey to Justice, an exclusive podcast on the ...
The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Operation Vala Umgodi task team in the North West province has reiterated the call to those illegal miners who are still underground in the Stilfontein ...
Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has emphasised that the government will not assist the illegal miners (zama zamas) who are trapped underground in unused mine shafts in Orkney and ...
Senzo Mchunu will visit the mine where zama zamas are trapped. Images: Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images and Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty Images Source: Getty Images STILFONTEIN, NORTH ...
On Monday, a delegation of BJP MPs, including M. Raghunandhan Rao, Eatala Rajender, and Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, submitted a request to the Governor at Raj Bhavan, urging him to direct the government ...
It comes as 4,000 zama zamas are trapped underground, without food and water, amid a crackdown by law enforcement to combat the illicit mining. National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe ...
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