A South African Police Services (Saps) vehicle is parked near the mine shaft in Stilfontein on 17 November 2024. Picture: Phill Magakoe/AFP There is a list circulating of names, nationalities and ...

The escape of James Neo Tshoaeli, a notorious zama zama ringleader known as “Tiger,” has ignited a major investigation into alleged police corruption in Stilfontein. Tshoaeli, a Lesotho national, was ...

Locally known as “zama zamas” – “those who try” in the Zulu language – the miners frustrate mining companies and are accused of criminality by residents.

Locally known as “zama zamas” – “those who try” in the Zulu language – the miners frustrate mining companies and are accused of criminality by residents.

A man described as an illegal miner was killed, and his accomplice injured, during a shoot-out with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department’s (EMPD) Intervention Unit officers this morning ...

The Patriotic Alliance’s (PA) deputy president Kenny Kunene said in a video that he is “unfazed” by the EFF’s threats to report him to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

Police have promised tough action following the disappearance of an alleged Stilfontein zama zama kingpin and ringleader, known as 'Tiger,' who vanished without a trace after being rescued from ...

South African police (SAPS) officials have launched a large-scale manhunt for James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as “Tiger,” a suspected zama zama kingpin believed to head an illegal mining network in ...

A total of 246 alive illegal miners were retrieved and arrested, and a total of 78 dead bodies of illegal miners were recovered from Shaft 11 of the disused Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein ...

This is according to cultural experts, Professor Musa Xulu, Dr Nomagogu Ngobese and Professor Jabulani Maphalala. On Sunday, January 19 2025, a letter, purporting to be from King Misuzulu to Dr ...

The bodies of 78 Zama Zama's were pulled from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to shut down an elaborate illicit mining network. The government-led ...

The mineworkers, colloquially referred to as zama zamas, have been holed up underground for months and reported that several of their colleagues died due to starvation. According to the General ...