The area infested by Zama-zama gangs was raided by the police specialised units who arrested suspects with dangerous weapons.

Fearless gun-wielding Zama-Zamas have challenged Minister of Police Bheki Cele to deploy something better than the police.

In a tragic incident in Johannesburg, South Africa, five lives were lost as a result of a deadly shootout between rival illegal mining gangs.

Upon their arrival at the informal settlement, the officers were met with a barrage of gunfire from the male and female suspects.

According to Limpopo authorities, the alleged illegal miners became trapped underground and eventually suffocated

Zama Zama illegal mining kingpins to spend Christmas behind bars after they were denied bail for the second time

One of the arrested illegal mining kingpins was denied bail after he was proven to be a dishonest man by the court

Nearly of half of the alleged zama-zamas are foreign nationals who authorities suspect are in the country illegally

The Department of Mineral Resources has welcomed the arrests of 20 people suspected of being illegal miners in Stilfontein, North West

Four wounded bodies of men believed to be illegal miners from Lesotho were found in different spots in Limpopo.

An AK-47 with ammunition wrapped in a dusty brown blanket was seized when the disruption of illegal mining activity resumed

Police want to ensure that the recently arrested illegal miners remain behind bars for defying orders by authorities about illegal mining

Local authorities arrived at the scene on Wednesday and say the victims are suspected zama-zamas who were shot, stabbed and burnt to death

Locals reportedly clashed with suspected zama-zamas, even destroying shacks used by them for their illegal activities

Calls are being made for the SA government to put together a specialist mining police unit to crack down on illegal miners.

Authorities in Limpopo say they’ll continue with their drive to clamp down on illegal mining after arresting nearly 60 suspects recently

Mawela commended specialised operational units deployed in the West Rand that have ensured the arrest of 110 suspects

Police Minister Bheki Cele hosted a crime imbizo in Kagiso this weekend and on the agenda was zama zamas in the area

President Cyril Ramaphosa says teams have been set up to ‘deal with’ illegal mining and zama zamas in South Africa.

The Ministerial Crime Combatting Imbizo by the police will take place in Krugersdorp and Kagiso following violence in the two areas.

With over 3000 supporters so far, the DA has started an online petition that seeks intervention to collapse illegal mining on the West Rand

The Hawks arrested six suspects, including a 77-year-old man, for possession of gold-bearing material and illegal mining in Mpumalanga.

Disgruntled residents of West Village in Krugersdorp have taken over a Eskom office as a demonstration over a prolong power outage

All the ‘zama-zamas’ are in police custody, after they abandoned bail, owing to their illegal status in South Africa.

Gauteng police say they managed to retrieve at least 15 bodies from a mining hole in Germiston, east of Johannesburg