After over 1,000 Zama Zamas surfaced from a North-West mine, charges have been dropped against 55, while cops have nabbed ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has announced, through Operation Vala Umgodi, that since 18 October 2024, 1 004 ...

North West police have confirmed the number of illegal miners who resurfaced from abandoned shafts in Stilfontein has reached ...

South Africa’s North West was the proverbial “happy hunting ground” for soldiers deployed as part of the SA Army Light Modern ...

The Vala Umgodi operation in the North West has led to 565 illegal miners resurfacing from an old underground mine shaft in ...

Over 1 000 illegal miners have resurfaced in Stilfontein, North West, following a crackdown by law enforcement agencies. This ...

Community leaders demand humanitarian aid as police operations force illegal miners to resurface, raising ethical concerns ...

KIMBERLEY - Members of Operation Vala Umgodi in the Frances Baard District confiscated a significant amount of diesel at a house in Phuthanang in Kimberley.

POTCHEFSTROOM - The ongoing “Vala Umgodi” operation in the Bojanala Platinum District continues to achieve successes. This after members stopped a white Nissan bakkie and arrested four suspects (males ...

SAPS and SANDF members prevented communities around the abandoned mining shafts in Orkney from delivering food parcels and ...

Fifty-five of the illegal miners arrested in North West await deportation after having appeared in court. While charges ...

Since Saturday (2/11), Operation Vala Umgodi has led to the arrest of more than 600 illegal miners in the Platinum Province alone. Police have vowed to continue the camp down. The latest arrests were ...