Hawks arrested a foreign national suspect (41) for illegal mining related offence, contravening the Immigration Act and seized mining equipment valued at about R3 million at Giyani Section A... Read more
Community Safety and Transport Management MEC Wessels Morweng accompanied North West Premier Lazarus Mokgosi to welcome the Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Deputy Minister Cassel Mathale at... Read more
Operation Vala uMgodi operators are taking the crime combating concepts against illegal mining to another level in Free State. The team is paying full attention to both the triggers and enab... Read more
Operation Vala Umgodi operators executed various sweep operational concepts through flash points in Thabong Extension near Welkom on Saturday 5 October 2024. At about 13:15 the team pounced... Read more
An Intelligence driven operation led to the arrest of two undocumented Zimbabwean nationals aged 25 and 42 years at a certain nature reserve on Wednesday, 18 September 2024 after they were r... Read more
Four undocumented Mozambican nationals aged between 17 and 39 are expected to appear before Sabie Magistrate’s Court today for Contravention of the Immigration Act of South Africa and... Read more
As promised two weeks ago, Mpumalanga Premier, Mr Mandla Ndlovu and Commmunity Safety, Security and Liaison MEC, Mr Jackie Macie, along with Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General (Dr... Read more
The Provincial Commissioner of police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has applauded the team attached to Operation Vala Umgodi for successes they achieved in the operations that... Read more
Multi-disciplinary Operation Vala Umgodi teams in the Northern Cape are making strides in the curbing of illicit mining activities. Teams comprising of the South African National Defence For... Read more
As part of intensifying the fight against illegal mining, 24 suspects between the ages of 19 and 47, appeared before the Brits Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 24 July 2024, on charges... Read more
