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2 more Zimbabweans resurface from SA mine
Two Zimbabwean nationals have emerged from the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa after weeks underground, where they endured harrowing conditions. The survivors surfaced last week, bring...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:26hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe begins verification of dead Stilfontein mine zama zamas
The Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa has dispatched a team of forensic experts and other specialists to collaborate with South African authorities in verifying the identities and nationalities of vi...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 19:00hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean among zama zamas who resurfaced at Stilfontein mine
TEN undocumented zama zamas resurfaced in the Stilfontein mine in the North West on Saturday.National police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said nine of the illegal miners are Mozambic...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:23hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Ntshavheni's 'concomitant action' moment to kill zama zamas
In a controversial statement on Wednesday, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the government intends to "smoke out" as many as 4,000 illegal miners reportedly trapped underground nea...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:16hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's army, police 'burn' foreign miners
South African security forces, including the police and army, have been accused of setting fire to an area where illegal miners, known as zama zamas, had taken refuge to avoid arrest. This incident re...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:10hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Man steals cash from hair saloon
A Plumtree man was on Monday arraigned before Plumtree magistrate's court Mr Joshua Nembaware facing charges of stealing money from a local hair saloon.Thandolwenkosi Ndlovu (20), of Dingimuzi...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 18:34hrs | 4 | by Desmond Nleya/ Simbarashe Sithole
'Mass deportation' of illegal immigrants from South Africa opposed
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has launched an urgent application against Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and his department in the High Court to stop the "mass deportation" of illegal im...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 20:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans feared dead in SA mine tragedy
SOME Zimbabweans are believed to be amongst 19 dead suspected illegal miners whose bodies were retrieved from near an active mine in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, South Africa.Zimbabwe's ...Published: 06 Nov 2022 at 11:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 Zimbabwean illegal mining kingpins arrested in South Africa
The Hawks, in collaboration with police and Home Affairs, have cast a net wider for the culprits involved in illegal mining.The law-enforcement authorities confirmed that six suspects believed...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabweans killed in SA mine war
AT least three Zimbabweans are suspected to be part of 14 illegal miners that were shot dead in Benoni, Ekurhuleni, about 20km outside Johannesburg in South Africa in vicious fights over gold....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Photo: Bodies of illegal miners lay on the ground after being retrieved from mine
Bodies of illegal miners lay on the ground after being retrieved from a mine in Langlagte in Johhanesburg South Africa. Three Zimbabwean illegal miners better known in South Africa "Zama Zama"...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 19:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Tsholotsho men die in SA mine
The bodies of two illegal miners were brought to the surface late Tuesday night after they died underground at a disused mine in Langlaagte, south of Johannesburg.Their bodies were recovered b...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by online
Chief dismiss claims snake might be holding mine workers hostage
CHIEF Tikhontele Dlamini has denied rumours that trapped miners at Lily Mine are being held hostage by a mine snake.According to residents of Louw’s Creek and Louieville, near Barberton, the...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man stage manage a $7 000 robbery
A 39-YEAR-OLD Wedza man who allegedly staged a robbery after converting to his own use more than $7 000 from a credit union was on Thursday arraigned before Marondera Magistrate Josephine Sande facing...Published: 02 May 2015 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T lies about repatriating bodies of illegal Zim miners killed in South Africa
Reports published by the Morgan Tsvangirai led Movement for Democratic Change that the party has paid a South African funeral parlour owned by a Zimbabwean businessman to ferry 22 bodies of Zimb...Published: 01 Mar 2014 at 11:07hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Zama zama Wars cause of mine deaths not gas explosion - Photos
In a bizarre turn of events, reports from the Roodeport Mine disaster indicate that the scores of people, predominantly Zimbabweans who died underground the mine were actually victims of Zama zama wa...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 20:51hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
This and That with Maluphosa - Siyidla ngaphi?
Siyidla ngaphi lamhlanje? Well, this used to be such a common question emakhaya during those 'good old days'. And at times an invitation to a wedding or Christmas party would already have been sent o...Published: 25 Dec 2011 at 11:40hrs | 2 | by Clerk Ndlovu
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