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A Kagiso resident addresses police and government officials during the crime imbizo in Kagiso in the West Rand on 7 August 2022. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

Kagiso

West Rand residents warn they'll keep hunting zama zamas until govt steps up

By Veronica Mokhoali

Residents have told Police Minister Bheki Cele at the crime combatting imbizo in Kagiso Sunday that their dire warnings about the effects of the illegal mining...

  • FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele, Gauteng Premier David Makhura at a crime imbizo in Kagiso on 7 August 2022. Picture: Twitter/@GP_CommSafety

    Cele deploys specialised unit to combat illegal mining around West Rand

    Police Minister Bheki Cele, along with the departments of Home Affairs and Mineral Resources, have joined forces in an effort to eradicate illicit mining and the ruthless criminal syndicates which control them.

    10 days ago
  • Gauteng Premier David Makhura delivered his tenth State of the Province Address at the Brixton Multipurpose Centre in Johannesburg earlier on 21 February 2022. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter.

    Criminal activities by zama-zamas a question of national security - Makhura

    Makhura says most of the zama-zamas in South Africa are from specific countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region and this is known by police.

    10 days ago
  • File. President Cyril Ramaphosa said he understands the public outrage that came after the gang rape of eight women in Krugersdorp late last month. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa says mob justice is not the solution to crime

    Ramaphosa was addressing the closing ceremony of the Presidential Social Sector Summit. His statement follows the killing of an alleged miner in Kagiso, on the West Rand, on Thursday.

    12 days ago
  • Protest in Kagiso over illegal mining in the area on 4 August 2022 Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey-Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Kagiso residents demand police visibility following protests over illegal miners

    The residents say law enforcement has been lacking for a long time in the township.

    13 days ago
  • 'We don’t want this government anymore’- Kagiso residents

    Residents of Kagiso, on Gauteng's West Rand, protested on 4 August 2022. They took to the streets, to search for illegal miners. Residents say they've had to take matters into their own hands, because high crime levels aren't being addressed.

    13 days ago
  • FILE: Bushes and the surroundings of the mining dumps set alight by protestors, were still burning on Thursday evening. Picture: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

    Police keep watch on Kagiso after raids, protests

    Police presence remained heavy on Thursday evening, as demonstrators slowly returned to their homes, after a day of raids and a manhunt a for illegal miners also referred to as Zama Zamas.

    13 days ago
  • Residents from Kagiso township build a barricade by setting tires on fire during a protest against illegal mining and rising crime in the area in Kagiso on 4 August 2022. Picture: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

    Kagiso residents, illegal miners clash as community acts against crime

    They say that it's time for the government to take effective measures to deal with their grievances.

    14 days ago
  • FILE: Rocks blockade a road during a protest. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Kagiso residents block roads in protest over illegal mining in area

    In a widely shared social media post, organisers said that they planned to shut down all illegal mines in the area.

    14 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News

    'We're not safe here': Kagiso residents look to govt after deadly mass shooting

    Police are investigating the murders of seven people and the wounding of five others, allegedly by a lone gunman.

    297 days ago
  • Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Gauteng DA calls for national register of sex offenders for teachers

    The DA made the call after a teacher, who is a known sexual offender and was fired by the Gauteng education department in 2014, resurfaced at a private school in Kagiso as an acting principal.

    552 days ago
  • Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    Two girls both aged 6 raped, suspect assaulted in Kagiso

    Times Live has reported that a man wearing a balaclava arrived and told the other children to leave. He then forced the girls into nearby bushes and raped them.

    720 days ago
  • A money truck was bombed on 3 June 2020 on Kagiso Drive in Chamdor, Krugersdorp. Picture: @crimeairnetwork/Twitter.

    Kagiso residents who looted cash-in-transit heist scene facing charges - police

    A cash-in-transit vehicle was attacked by armed robbers in Chamdor on Wednesday morning, the suspects managed to flee with an undisclosed amount of money after using explosives to access the cash.

    805 days ago
  • Protesters gather in Pennyville, Soweto on 12 April 2019. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/EWN

    A day of Gauteng protests by Soweto, West Rand & Gomorrah residents

    Residents from areas such as Pennyville in Soweto, Kagiso on the West Rand and Gomorrah in Tshwane are venting their frustration and making their demands known.

    1223 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS.

    Kagiso teen stabbed to death by peer

    It's understood the pair had an argument and one boy pulled out a knife and stabbed the other.

    1269 days ago
  • Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Police hunt suspects after 3 people shot dead at Kagiso tavern

    The tavern owner, his brother-in-law and a friend were gunned down at around 11 pm on Tuesday night.

    1358 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Arrest of suspect for murders of Kagiso siblings welcomed

    The suspect in the murder of the pair is believed to be an ex-boyfriend to the mother of the deceased children.

    1376 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: SAPS.

    Two men arrested for Soul City informal settlement murder

    They are accused of stabbing and killing a man outside a local watering hole on Wednesday.

    1392 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    2 Kagiso pupils arrested for possessing unlicensed firearm, ammunition

    It’s understood police were tipped off on Friday by a concerned classmate.

    1437 days ago
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