A total of 1,775 suspects of different nationalities were arrested in May during nationwide Vala Umgodi operations aimed at ...

Ten informal miners have been trapped in an old Krugersdorp gold mine for five months after they were cut off by rising water. No-one knows if they are dead or alive. The 10 miners were trapped ...

Ten informal miners have been trapped in an old Krugersdorp gold mine for five months after they were cut off by rising water. No-one knows if they are dead or alive. The 10 miners were trapped ...

Ten informal miners have been trapped in an old Krugersdorp gold mine for five months after they were cut off by rising water. No-one knows if they are dead or alive. The 10 miners were trapped days ...

resulted in the disrupting and dismantling of illegal mining activities in Krugersdorp on Thursday, February 6. According to Gauteng Police spokesperson Dimakatso Sello, during the operation ...

Ten illegal artisanal miners remain trapped in a flooded mine shaft in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg. Relatives have expressed frustration with the lack of action from police and the ...

JOHANNESBURG- Five bodies believed to be those of illegal miners have been recovered near Krugersdorp and Kagiso ... have been removed from an abandoned mine and left at that location so they ...

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 ...

Young children in Krugersdorp are breathing in uranium, arsenic and mercury fumes wafting over from abandoned legacy mines, while pollutants are seeping into the groundwater and nearby dams and lakes, ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Highly toxic metals are leaking out of nine abandoned mines in Krugersdorp, 32km west of Johannesburg, South Africa. The metals include uranium , arsenic , cadmium ...

We are chemists who have studied mine pollution for decades, and look for solutions to prevent environmental damage. Driving through Krugersdorp, we’ve seen children playing on the mine dumps.

Highly toxic metals are leaking out of nine abandoned mines in Krugersdorp, 32km west of Johannesburg, South Africa. The metals include uranium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium and mercury. This acid ...