Police have arrested nine people in the Sekhukhune district in Limpopo for illegal mining and violations of the Immigration Act.

On 10 July 2025, the South African Police Service reported that they had arrested 512 suspects during Operation Vala Umgodi in the month of June. “Nationwide Vala Umgodi operations continue to ...

Five people, aged between 19 and 25, were apprehended in Middleburg during Operation Vala Umgodi for allegedly contravening South Africa’s Immigration Act. According to Captain Mpho Nonyane-Mpe, the ...

A total of 1,775 suspects of different nationalities were arrested in May during nationwide Vala Umgodi operations aimed at combating and preventing illegal mining ...

On Tuesday (2/6), a coordinated operation led to the surprise discovery of four individuals actively engaged in illicit ...

It is part of the police's Vala Umgodi, or Close the Hole, operation, which includes cutting off miners' supplies to force them to return to the surface and be arrested. Police had earlier ...

For their part, the police have vowed Operation Vala Umgodi will continue. Now that the rescue mission is complete, the daunting task of identifying the almost 80 bodies also begins.

Operation Vala Umgodi results in the arrest of nearly 2,000 suspects for serious crimes, including illegal mining and possession of firearms.

Police officers and private security personnel stand by the opening of a gold mine shaft on Friday where food and water have been cut off from illegal miners inside, in Stilfontein, South Africa ...

Nationwide Vala Umgodi operations conducted during the month of April has led to the arrest of 1 857 suspects of different nationalities.