The SAPS's Vala Umgodi task team arrested 13 suspects during an anti-illegal mining operation in Blyvooruitzicht.

June lauded as a successful month for Operation Vala Umgodi, as police arrest 512 suspects for illegal mining.

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

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 ...

Police in Gauteng conducted an intelligence-driven Vala Umgodi operation, which led to the arrest of 102 suspects at Shaft 9, Mogale Crusher mine, West village in Krugersdorp, on Thursday, 8 May 2025.

A coordinated series of operations conducted under Operation Vala Umgodi has led to multiple arrests across several provinces for offences including illegal mining, possession of unlicensed firearms, ...

A Vala Umgodi team arrested 32 suspects for violating the immigration Act, they made a court appearance to receive their penance, the operation also let the police to find illegal mining equipment.

The suspects were arrested during an ongoing Operation Vala Umgodi dealing with illicit mining and related crimes in the Bojanala Platinum District. The provincial police spokesperson, ...

JOHANNESBURG - Thirteen illegal immigrants have been arrested following Vala Umgodi operations in Mpumalanga. Police arrested the group in Low's Creek, where the suspects were found to be in the ...

JOHANNESBURG - Operation Vala Umgodi has yielded the arrest of two suspects in Mpumalanga this week. An intelligence-driven search led the police to a house in Ermelo, suspected of illegal gold ...

Press Release - The Operation Vala Umgodi task team in North West continues to call upon those illegal miners, who are still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return to the surface.

Since the inception of the Vala Umgodi operation, approximately 677 suspects have been convicted, demonstrating ongoing enforcement efforts.