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South African police are investigating the discovery of at least 21 bodies suspected of being illegal miners that were found near an active mine in the town of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg.According to police, 19 bodies...

Krugersdorp (South Africa) Magistrates' Court last week acquitted 14 illegal miners who were accused of charges of rape, sexual assault, and robbery with aggravating circumstances.The rape and robbery charges against 14 men, among them Zimbabweans, who...

Zambia has announced that the number of mining licences that a company can hold at a time will be restricted to five to curb speculative purchases within the country's licensing system. The ministry of mines in February suspended the issuance of mining licences...

MORE than 100 people died in mining accidents recorded across the country in the smallscale mining sector since January this year.The figure excludes accidents that happened at big mines.Addressing safety and health officers attending the ongoing...

While Mashonaland Central Province Minister of State Senator Monica Mavhunga has been calling for the reopening of Mazowe Gold Mine to reduce issues of illegal mining, gold smuggling and unemployment in Mazowe, last week an illegal...

South African Police Minister Bheki Cele says reinforcements will be sent to West Village in Krugersdorp, Gauteng to help fight illegal miners accused of terrorising residents. On Sunday, Cele, Gauteng Premier David Makhura and senior police officers visited the...

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in West Nicholson, Matabeleland South Province is investigating a murder case where a 44-year-old man was allegedly murdered by a 22-year-old man at Base One illegal gold panning site along Umzingwane...

The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has called on miners to formalize their operations by adhering to the dictates of the law to avoid a situation where work is constantly being disrupted by law enforcement agents. Rudairo Mapuranga According...

MINING activities upstream of Sebakwe River are reportedly contaminating water, making it difficult for Kwekwe City Council to effectively purify it.Sebakwe supplies Kwekwe and Redcliff towns and lately residents have been experiencing intermittent water shortages due...

This Mining Indaba is taking place at an important moment in the global recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.Across the world, almost every industry is having to adapt to new circumstances, confront new challenges...

The amendment of the Mines and Minerals Act will deal with organized cartels that have been involved in illicit financial flow and smuggling of minerals from the country, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines...

A LOCAL conservationist has said the Zambezi Valley ecology is under threat from hydrocarbon exploration and extraction of minerals.Jaeninne Norris, a conservationist with Zambezi Valley Conservation Network, yesterday told NewsDay that small-scale mining and gold panning was a...