As the first light creeps over Gauteng’s gold belt, police and security officers conduct a sweep around the perimeter of a long-abandoned shaft. Just metres…
Posts tagged as “zama zamas”
Mantashe says zama-zamas to benefit from state funding as activists call for overhaul of mining legislation
By Lucas Ledwaba on 6 February 2024
The government's failure to issue permits to small-scale miners, particularly in rural areas such as the chrome rich Sekhukhune has criminalised artisanal miners who mine on a small scale on tribal trust lands.
Cops nab zama zamas as calls for regulation mount
By admin on 12 February 2023
The National Association of Artisanal Miners (NAAM) is advocating for the speeding up of the implementation on formalization and decriminalization of artisanal mining in SA.
Braving falling rocks and raids for chrome
By Lucas Ledwaba on 10 December 2019
The promise of benefiting from the mineral wealth beneath the soil of their land remains a dangerous toil of dicing with death for Limpopo's zama zamas... Lucas Ledwaba documented their daily toil



