The suspected illegal mining kingpin, Cheng Liang Tom (48) appeared in the Northam Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 23 February 2023 in connection with illegal mining activities in Nort... Read more
A multi-disciplinary operation was conducted at Kortnek Shaft in Pongola on Tuesday, 26 October 2022. The team was following information about a group of people who are conducting illegal go... Read more
Nine suspects including an owner have been arrested for alleged illegal mining activities at a plot at Ten Acres, Randfontein today. The group’s illegal activities were brought to a ha... Read more
In a continued effort to both disrupt and eradicate illegal mining activities in the Johannesburg District policing precinct, police have yet again arrested 11 illegal miners and recovered a... Read more
In an ongoing effort to curtail illegal mining in Gauteng Province, the Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation team in West Rand together with the South African Police Service (SAPS) Ai... Read more
Eighty-seven suspects aged between 25 and 49 were arrested, eight wounded and six fatally during a shootout with members of the Special Task Force assisted by Hawks Organised Crime in North... Read more
In a bid to address illicit mining activities, the Dr. Kenneth Kaunda District Illegal Mining Team comprising of various units such as Public Order Police (POP), Detectives, Organised Crime,... Read more
GAUTENG – Police from Krugersdorp Crime Prevention conducted an operation in Krugersdorp Old Gold Mine at West Village today, 01 October 2019, at about 10:00. During the operation poli... Read more
Members of the South African Police Service and other stakeholders in Mpumalanga continue to take a resolve in clamping down on illegal mining. This spirals from illegal mining becoming an o... Read more