The South African government spent just over R30 million retrieving suspects involved in illegal mining at the Buffelsfontein ...

Marikana was a precursor to Stifontein and show the lengths to which the state would go to punish people in protection of ...

Calling illegal immigration a 'huge problem', Senzo Mchunu told Parliament: 'The overall fundamental issue is border ...

The Department of Mineral Resources is facing backlash from advocacy groups, including the South African Civic Organisation ...

A union leader concludes, “This is the Stilfontein massacre.” This sensationalist rhetoric reflects the present weakness of South Africa’s beleaguered parliamentary left. Lacking a ...

The mine in question near the town of Stilfontein southwest of Johannesburg ... which is one of the deepest in South Africa at 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) deep and has multiple shafts, many levels ...

As Operation Vala Umgodi nears its end, the need for setting up a permanent, specialist police unit to combat illegal mining ...

Ahead of Human Rights Day experts highlight the ongoing struggles faced by marginalised communities in South Africa, ...

Of the 1,826 "zama zamas" or illegal miners arrested in the Vala Umgodi operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in ...

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