The dedicated Vala Umgodi task team in Sekhukhune District has intensified its efforts to combat illegal mining activities, reaffirming its commitment to eradicating these unlawful practices... Read more
The ongoing operation Vala Umgodi conducted separately on Monday, 26 May 2025, in the Capricorn, Mopani and Vhembe Districts, resulted in the arrest of five suspects for illegal mining and c... Read more
Eight illegal immigrants, aged between 21 and 48, are expected to appear at Barberton Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 27 May 2025 subsequent to their arrest during Operation Vala Umgodi... Read more
Members of Operation Vala Umgodi in Limpopo nabbed two suspects aged 31 and 50 for illegal mining of suspected precious minerals on Saturday, 26 April 2025 at Hlaneki Village in Giyani Polic... Read more
Twenty-one (21) suspects aged between 20 and 59, nabbed during Easter Weekend, between Friday, 18 April and Sunday, 20 April 2025 by members of Operation Vala Umgodi, will separately appear... Read more
On Tuesday 08 April 2025, at 09:00, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Intervention Unit Officers, intercepted Eight udocumented foreign Nationals from Mozambique (4), Zimb... Read more
In ongoing efforts to combat illegal mining, the Northern Cape’s multi-disciplinary teams executing Operation Vala Umgodi in the Frances Baard and Namakwa Districts have arrested 11 su... Read more
A 36-year-old suspect was arrested between Ngodwana and Waterval Boven, Airline area on Sunday 23 March 2025, for Contravention of the Immigration Act, possession of suspected gold bearing m... Read more
A swift response from SAPS Crime Prevention Unit, Gauteng Traffic Police SLEU, and Wardens SLEU led to the apprehension of illegal miners following a tip-off about illicit mining activities... Read more
The Mission Area Joint Operational Centre [MAJOC] Roving team, Combat operators, Proactive members and other role-players of Operation Vala Umgodi in the Free State executed various illicit... Read more
