Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know
Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...
The South African on MSN8h
Police urge zama zama’s still underground to resurface
The SAPS task team in the North West has called on those illegal miners still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return ...
EWN Sport4h
IN PICS: Community punches the air in support of Stilfontein illegal miners
The South African Police Service and the army have been redeployed to the area as part of ongoing efforts to fight illegal ...
briefly3h
SAPS Arrests Suspect Accused of Hijacking and Robbing 2 Police Officers
The South African Police Service arrested a man who robbed two of its members in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He took their ...
SABC6h
SAPS denies claims of trapped illegal miners in Stilfontein
Two weeks ago, Vala Umgodi task teams led by the SAPS and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) blocked channels used to deliver food, water and other necessities to suspected illegal ...
EWN Sport8h
Miners underground: Police Minister Senzo Mchunu arrives in Stilfontein
The South African Police Service and the army have been redeployed to the area as part of ongoing efforts to fight illegal ...
The Citizen8h
Police ‘not backing down’ as estimated 400 illegal miners ‘refuse’ to resurface
The South African Police Service (SAPS) estimates that 350 to 400 illegal miners are refusing to resurface from an abandoned ...
Briefly on MSN6h
Trapped Zama Zamas: Police Minister Senzo Mchunu To Visit the Stilfontein Mine
The Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu is expected to visit the Stilfontein Mine in the North West where thousands of zama zamas ...
Mail & Guardian3h
Police make community rescuers at Stilfontein sign indemnity forms before helping trapped miners
Police have cut water and food supplies to the miners, insisting that they will not negotiate with ‘criminals’ ...
Defence Web8h
Defence Minister to visit Stilfontein as significant number of illegal miners remain underground
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga, together with Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, will this morning (Friday ...
Daily Maverick43m
South Africa’s gang capital and its murderous matrix
South Africa’s gang capital and its murderous matrix BY CARYN DOLLEYAn ever-expanding web of crime is strangling South Africa ...