West Rand Illegal mining operation The Gauteng Traffic Wardens together with the SAPS Vispol, Crime intelligence and drone unit conducted an illegal mining operation with focus areas includi... Read more
Five Mozambican nationals aged between 26 and 50 were arrested on Tuesday, 28 January 2025, at Columbia Hill located in Pilgrim’s Rest for Contravention of Immigration Act of South Afr... Read more
A 35-year-old security officer, Goden Sicelo Madungandaba, employed at a mine in Burgersfort, appeared before the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 22 January 2025, on a charge of posse... Read more
In a concerted effort to combat illegal mining activities in Limpopo, the multidisciplinary Vala Umgodi Task Team arrested five undocumented foreign nationals, including three females, for i... Read more
Gauteng Police arrested fourteen illegal immigrants who are also suspected to be illegal miners in Daveyton on Wednesday, 08 January 2025, as part of Operation Vala Umgodi. During the operat... Read more
Illegal mining and associated criminal activities were dealt a blow when members of Operation Vala Umgodi operationalised information received regarding alleged illegal mining activities and... Read more
The Provincial Commissioner of Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has praised members of Operation Vala Umgodi for their commitment and dedication to ensure illegal mining is eradicat... Read more
The ongoing “Vala Umgodi” operations in the Bojanala Platinum and Dr Kenneth Kaunda Districts continues to achieve successes. This after members arrested six males on New Year... Read more
Three separate case dockets of attempted theft of State minerals, Trespassing, Contravention of Mine Health and Safety Act and Contravention of Immigration Act were opened at Vierfontein Pol... Read more
The Vala Umgodi multidisciplinary operation conducted in the Letsitele policing area under Mopani District on Friday, 27 December 2024 led to the arrest of three suspects for illegal mining... Read more
