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News24 | Barberton residents try to set suspected robber alight after woman, son killed

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A woman and her son died after they were shot in a house robbery in Barberton, Mpumalanga, on Monday.Barberton · Barberton Read Article

494 illegal miners in court as 24 more emerge from hiding at Sheba Mine in Mpumalanga

34% Center coverage: 3 sources

More than 480 people appeared in the Barberton Magistrates’ Court on Monday for charges related to illegal mining. Among them were four juveniles. Police arrested the group at Barberton Mine on Friday, 1 August 2025, during a joint operation with Sheba Mine. The arrests were part of Operation Vala Umgodi, a long-term effort to dismantle illegal mining syndicates in the area. The charges include trespassing, theft of gold-bearing material, and co…Africa · Barberton See the Story

'We Know It's Wrong, but They're Trying to Make a Living,' Say Families of Arrested Illegal Miners

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Angry Barberton community members have called for the release of the alleged illegal miners who were arrested on Friday.Mining · Barberton See the Story

Over 400 zama-zamas still underground in Barberton

Over 400 zama-zamas still underground in Barberton Tebogo.Kganakga Sun, 08/03/2025 - 11:30 Barberton arrests BARBERTON - Around 400 illegal miners remain underground at the Sheba gold mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga.Nearly 500 were arrested as part of Operation Vala Mgodi.The zama zamas infiltrated operational mine shafts and often come into conflict with mine workers. WATCH | Massive illegal mining operation unearthed in BarbertonPolice are …Barberton · Barberton Read Article

South Africa Detains 1,000 Foreign Illegal Miners

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Authorities said a week-long operation led to the arrests. Thousands of abandoned mines have become hotspots for illegal activity in South Africa.Immigration · Barberton See the Story

1, 000 zama zamas, undocumented foreigners nabbed in Mpumalanga

Police in Mpumalanga have uprooted 1, 000 illegal immigrants and zama zamas from a Barberton mine on Friday.Immigration · Barberton Read Article

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News24 | Barberton residents try to set suspected robber alight after woman, son killed

Lily Mine families still waiting for closure, nine years on

South African macadamia pruning and irrigation guide yields

Illegal mining | More arrests made in Barberton

Six people arrested and explosives seized

494 illegal miners in court as 24 more emerge from hiding at Sheba Mine in Mpumalanga

'We Know It's Wrong, but They're Trying to Make a Living,' Say Families of Arrested Illegal Miners

Over 400 zama-zamas still underground in Barberton

South Africa Detains 1,000 Foreign Illegal Miners

1, 000 zama zamas, undocumented foreigners nabbed in Mpumalanga

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News24 | Barberton residents try to set suspected robber alight after woman, son killed

Lily Mine families still waiting for closure, nine years on

South African macadamia pruning and irrigation guide yields

Illegal mining | More arrests made in Barberton

Six people arrested and explosives seized

494 illegal miners in court as 24 more emerge from hiding at Sheba Mine in Mpumalanga

'We Know It's Wrong, but They're Trying to Make a Living,' Say Families of Arrested Illegal Miners

Over 400 zama-zamas still underground in Barberton

South Africa Detains 1,000 Foreign Illegal Miners

1, 000 zama zamas, undocumented foreigners nabbed in Mpumalanga