At 22:00 on the second Sunday in December, a criminal platoon armed with AK-47 and R6 assault rifles stormed one of the largest gold mines still operating on South Africa’s fabled Witwatersrand basin. Moving with military precision, the 15 attackers to…
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It has been said that entering the Elvey Security Technologies headquarters in the Greenstone Hill Office Park, in Modderfontein, Edenvale, is like boarding USS Enterprise on a Star Trek movie set. All the futuristic trappings are evident in this Hudac…
Proudly South African anti-cable theft technology already deployed on 12 sites Read More »
A South African man who was kidnapped in Burkina Faso is believed to have died, but his wife refuses to accept this until she has proof. Christo Bothma, 54, who worked for a mine in that country, was taken hostage with the son of the owner of the mine …
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Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe on Friday said the priority remains to restore ventilation at the Gloria mine, in Mpumalanga, and to reduce flammable gases underground so that the search and recovery process can continue with the necessary sp…
Mantashe calls for more security at mines following Gloria coal mine incident Read More »
