“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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, has called for a stronger and more focused approach to combat illegal mining, emphasising its harmful impact on the economy and its ...

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