The South African government’s approach - “smoking out” miners and branding them as criminals - fails to address the root ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

An illegal miner lifted from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein has died in hospital, raising the death toll to 88 since last August.

The escape of James Neo Tshoaeli, a notorious zama zama ringleader known as "Tiger," has ignited a major investigation into ...

Legalising artisanal mining offers a sustainable solution to crime-ridden gold mines while revitalising communities and reducing exploitation.

Saftu condemns government failures in the mining sector and calls for a full commission of inquiry into recent zama zama ...

The escape of James Neo "Tiger" Tshoaeli, a notorious illegal mining kingpin, from police custody in Stilfontein, North West, ...

Locally known as “zama zamas” – “those who try” in the Zulu language – the miners frustrate mining companies and are accused of criminality by residents. The post Stilfontein gold mine ...

JOHANNESBURG - The health department in the North West has confirmed the death of another suspected illegal miner from Stilfontein. The man was part of a group of 33 suspected zama zamas admitted to ...

READ: Brutal zama zama henchman 'Tiger's' escape probably facilitated ... disappeared on 15 January after he was rescued with other illegal miners from Buffelsfontein Gold Mine's shaft 11. City Press ...