Kgothaso Nhlengethwa, a specialist on Artisanal Mining, said "The problem with illegal mining is that it's a very complex ...

Rescue workers look on as a cage is lifted from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Thursday. They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal.

The police have arrested 21 suspects in the Bapong area, North West, for illegal mining. The newly established illegal mining crime combating team carried out the arrests between 11 December 2025 and ...

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Police arrest 21 in a crackdown on illegal chrome mining in Bapong, North West. Authorities target rampant 'zama zama' operations draining the economy.

Along with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red light district - that has grown up deep underground at a disused gold mine ...

Bracing against the vibrations of the jackhammer, illicit diamond miner Jefferson Ncube bores steadily into the rock face before him, sending chunks of dry stone clattering to the ground and filling ...

Tommy Trenchard for NPR Bracing against the vibrations of the jackhammer, illicit diamond miner Jefferson Ncube bores steadily into the rock face before him, sending chunks of dry stone clattering to ...