The zama-zama identified in court as Progress Bayeni ... In his ruling, Judge Mhlambi ordered that Mlambo would forfeit R4 578 200 in cash, gold valued at R5 510 772 and a Toyota FJ Cruiser ...

Gold mining title holders will in future be tarred with the same brush as the second-hand gold industry to address concerns ...

An illegal miner lifted from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has died ... Locally known as “zama zamas” – “those who try” in the Zulu language – the miners frustrate mining ...

Of the 1,826 "zama zamas" or illegal miners arrested in the Vala Umgodi operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in ...

Patrice Motsepe’s name glows in gold, but the zama zamas dig in the dark. Their hands, cracked and calloused, carve through the belly of the earth, chasing the same promise that made ...

North West police have dismissed reports that illegal mining kingpin James “Tiger” Tsoaeli, who escaped from custody in Stilfontein, has died. Tsoaeli resurfaced from a shaft at the Buffelsfontein ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said it was false to claim government refused to rescue zama zamas ...