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While they have always been known to be a menace in shutdown mining operations or those under care and maintenance, illegal miners are at it again at Dallaglio-owned Eureka Gold Mine in Guruve, posing a serious...

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) arrested 55 illegal miners in Battlefields, Kadoma, under Operation Clean Up, meant to bring sanity to the artisanal and small-scale mining sector.Rudairo MapurangaPosting on its Twitter page, the Zimbabwe Republic Police...

An illegal miner has been killed at the Under Care and Maintenance Fools mine in the Hopefountain area after being involved in ore-grabbing misdeeds.Rudairo MapurangaThe illegal miner, identified as Nkosilathi Ngoma, was allegedly thrown into a...

Two illegal gold miners died at Vubachikwe Mine in Gwanda when the shaft they were working in collapsed.The mine has been closed for a year after a strike by mine workers over salaries.The deceased have been...

Following an August 18 update that revealed the dangers of illicit mining activities in the Florida community in South Africa, extra police operations were performed to address illegal mining.Up until August 21, several units were deployed...

Three illegal gold miners appeared at Concession magistrates courts on Saturday on charges of prospecting for gold without a license at Manzou farm in Mazowe.The three, Artwell  Chaitezwi  (30), Jeremiah Mdlalambi (33) and Clive Gosha (24)...

South Africa Police Service (SAPS) have announced that they have made 43 arrests for illegal mining.The arrests were made in Ga-Phasha Village, located in the Limpopo province in the north of the country. The raid took...

A Hammermill can only be used after commissioning, a Ministry of Mines and Mining Development official has said.Responding to a question from the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development Legislators on why ASMs were being...

The bodies of eight suspected illegal miners were retrieved in Driekop outside Burgersfort on Saturday night.The men who were digging for chrome at Ga-Maroga village, died when they were trapped underground from Friday.“One South African, three...

One of the country's biggest mining group, Kuvimba Mining House has driven away illegal lithium miners from its Sandawana claims to pave way for exploration as the company seek to quantify its resource for large-scale operations.Rudairo...

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...