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Following his visit to the mine in Virginia on Monday 26 June 2023, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, said they have a new external intervention team to assist in recove...

This comes after 31 illegal miners were recently found after being trapped due to a methane gas explosion in May.

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Several schools in Etwatwa and Daveyton uses their services.

Two suspects have been arrested after a shootout with police for their botched robbery of South African National Parks workers in the Free State.

The illegal miners believed to be Lesotho nationals died in a ventilation shaft at Virginia mine in the Free State last week

Free State police rescued a woman taken hostage by gunmen who had pretended to be looking for help while approaching her at Golden Gate Highlands National Park.

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said it had detected movements beneath the earth, pointing to signs of life.

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says the government needs more cooperation from its counterparts in Lesotho in curbing cross-border crime.

This is after Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe spoke out against illegal miners in the country, claiming many of them were from Lesotho.