South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

Deadly protests erupted in Mozambique in November 2024 following the announcement of disputed election results that saw the ...

Press Release - Police in Pinetown have discovered a house which was used as a factory to manufacture illicit and counterfeit hair products in Somerset Place in Farningham Ridge, Pinetown on Tuesday ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

On Friday, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said in a statement it was investigating the police for restricting the miners’ essential supplies. At least one decomposed body has ...

The victim told that she had mentioned her plans to buy a parrot in a Facebook post, without sharing her phone number ...

Preparations have begun for a rescue operation of hundreds of illegal miners, in a two-kilometer deep disused gold mine in ...

Operation Serengeti, a joint operation with Afripol, the African Union's police agency, ran from Sept. 2 to Oct. 31 in 19 ...

The government estimates that there are about 6,000 unused or abandoned mines in South Africa and that close to $1 billion is lost annually in revenue due to illegal mining. Police and military jo ...