“We are not sending help to criminals,” Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said, adding that “criminals are not to be helped. Criminals are to be persecuted.” Trade unions and rights groups say ...

Minister of the President Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the strategy was to “smoke them out”, meaning it would force the miners to resurface. When many didn’t, this caused a nationwide debate ...

Mixed message on how to deal with Stilfontein crisis “Police Minister Senzo Mchunu spoke about the rescue last November, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the miners should be ...

In November last year, Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, said that the government would not be sending help to illegal miners — known locally as "zama zamas" — because she said ...

Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said the government’s “inhumane and callous” response, particularly the statements by the Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni ...

A desperate fight for survival, harsh criticism of the authorities and millions in damage to South Africa's economy: the drama surrounding trapped illegal miners in the abandoned gold mine near ...

President @CyrilRamaphosa, accompanied by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola and Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, will attend today's proceedings.

Authorities made clear their approach when South African Cabinet Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told reporters in November that the government would not help the miners, who they consider criminals.