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

Police confirmed that they are investigating the wrapped-up body – suspected to be linked to illegal mining- that was found in Benoni on Sunday.

Six suspected Zama Zamas with various explosive devices were recently arrested during a stop and search operation in Bothaville

The remains of the suspected mineworkers were discovered wrapped in sacks at an abandoned mine shaft in Orkney, just outside Klerksdorp in the North West

The bodies of twenty men suspected to be illegal miners commonly known as “zama zamas, were found in white plastic bags in Orkney.

Ten tons of gold-bearing material seized and two people arrested at illegal gold-processing facility.