Six suspected illegal miners were found shot dead on a mountain in Mashobote, near Ngodwana. Police say detectives have been deployed and an investigation is under...
The DMPR confirmed 14 suspected illegal miners died at a Rustenburg site that lies within the boundaries of a valid mining permit. Search and rescue and...
South Africans have been given an opportunity to help shape several proposed changes to the country’s laws, with the government calling on the public, civil society,...
Police in Mpumalanga arrested 24 suspects during operations in Pilgrim’s Rest between 29 July and 10 August 2026, seizing mining equipment and suspected gold.
Fourteen illegal miners died and scores were injured at a disused mine in Nkaneng near Rustenburg, police confirmed. Provincial commissioner was en route to the scene.
Two suspected illegal miners were fatally wounded after allegedly opening fire on Gauteng police in Roodepoort on 28 July 2026; firearms, including an AK-47, were seized.
The SANDF says hazardous conditions, not training failures, explain two soldiers' deaths after they fell into an abandoned Roodepoort mine shaft during an anti-illegal mining operation.
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has urged Parliament to urgently review Operation Vala Umgodi after the deaths of two South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members...
A joint operation in Gauteng’s West Rand has resulted in the arrest of 121 suspects and the seizure of explosives, mining equipment, vehicles, cash and ammunition....
More than 200 suspects arrested in a large law-enforcement operation at the Losberg Kloof Mine appeared at the Westonaria Magistrate’s Court on 9 July 2026, facing...