Graham Coetzer’s latest book, Zama Zama: Inside the Illicit Mining Underworld, reveals how illicit gold is smuggled and laundered through a labyrinth of private refineries and fraudulent mining ...

Experts warn acid water eroding underground pillars and illegal zama zama blasting could trigger collapses from Nigel to Orkney soon.

Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining were believed to be sick and increasingly weak inside an abandoned mine shaft Thursday.

That’s how an unknown number of unauthorized miners — believed to be in the hundreds — have been surviving for weeks, possibly months, over a mile deep underground in a disused mine shaft in the South ...

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The resurfacing of illegal mining in the Carletonville area on the West Rand has prompted a gold-mining company to write an urgent open letter to Gauteng's provincial ...

BARBERTON - Sheba Gold Mine owner, Pan African Resources, says it is combating the scourge of illegal mining but needs help. Over 500 zama zamas were arrested at the Barberton mine. Many more remain ...

BABERTON - Twenty-four miners have resurfaced at Sheba Gold mine in Baberton, Mpumalanga. The mine earlier denied claims there were Zama Zama's still underground. READ | Illegal mining placing govt ...

Over 100 zama zama (“take a chance”) self-employed miners have been starved and dehydrated to death in a gold mine by the African National Congress (ANC) government of South Africa, led by President ...

The JMPD Tactical Reaction Unit (TRU) arrested seven SAPS officers on October 24, 2025, for allegedly extorting and ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Sleeping next to decomposing corpses and surviving on a foul mixture of toothpaste mixed with toilet paper. That's how an unknown number of unauthorized miners — believed ...