Durban - An illegal miner claimed that the 21 men whose bodies were found in Krugersdorp earlier this week, died following a trench collapse. This claim appears to support police comment ruling ...

Gauteng police chief Elias Mawela led a second operation in as many days in Krugersdorp on Tuesday following the rape of eight women on a mine dump. Police raided a compound believed to be used by ...

Confusion remains over how 21 bodies ended up in a shaft of the Amatshe mine in West Village, Krugersdorp ... miners who have made the area unsafe. They said since the acquittal of the 14 illegal ...

Krugersdorp has long been identified as a hotspot for illegal mining. Earlier this year, provincial police commissioner lieutenant-general Tommy Mthombeni acknowledged the prevalence of zama ...

“Zama zamas [illegal miners] have returned to the site, not just at Windsor Road, but also at Wentworth Park along the railway lines,” said councillor Mark Trump. He added, “Krugersdorp ...

Ten illegal artisanal miners remain trapped in a flooded mine ... to a scene where five decomposed bodies “that seem to be of zama zamas” were recovered at the old abandoned mine, situated ...

In total during the rescue operation, 246 illegal gold miners were brought to the surface alive. Seventy-eight more were brought up dead. Sponsor Message Known here as "zama zamas" or "those who ...

prioritising the Krugersdorp area where Zama Zama gang raped a film crew in July last year. Mantashe says that the rehabilitation of mines is a long terms project: "We must appreciate that it ...

to deny the miners access to food in a bid to force them to the surface. Read: The violent underworld of Stilfontein’s zama zamas The government initially took a tough stance, saying it wouldn ...

In South Africa, workers at illegal gold mines like these are known as "zama-zamas," meaning "one who takes a chance" in the Zulu language. Over the past several weeks, the zama-zamas at ...