Zama zamas, meaning 'take a chance' in Zulu, are an illegal mining group operating in abandoned mine shafts across South Africa for leftover minerals. A few of the illegal miners have struck gold ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long standoff with police in the darkness of a disused gold mine.

Many of these have gone on to become "zama zamas" at the abandoned mines. South Africa-based Benchmark Foundation researcher David van Wyk, who has studied the industry, said there were about ...

Detained after being accused of controlling the illegal operations at an abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein in South Africa ...

An artisanal miner, locally known as a zama-zama, mines for gold at a mining operation in Stormhill, west of Johannesburg, on Aug. 11, 2023. Shiraaz Mohamed / AFP via Getty Images ...

South Africa's abandoned gold mines are often targeted by illegal miners looking for ... told journalists on Wednesday that authorities would not help the Zama Zamas in the Stilfontein mine, ...

South Africa plans to unveil a new online mining registry next month, a long-delayed move toward greater transparency that ...

South Africa's abandoned gold mines are often targeted by illegal miners looking for ... told journalists on Wednesday that authorities would not help the Zama Zamas in the Stilfontein mine, ...

The tragedy at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in South Africa on 16th January,2025 rescue of 246 illegal miners and 78 to 87 ...

On the hunt for Tiger, the fugitive linked to illegal South African gold mine where 78 died. ... known as zama zamas, in South Africa. Neither of them has seen Tiger in eight years.

Many of these have gone on to become "zama zamas" at the abandoned mines. South Africa-based Benchmark Foundation researcher David van Wyk, who has studied the industry, said there were about ...