Foreign nationals, who include citizens from Mozambique, Lesotho and Zimbabwe, are among the suspected zama-zamas arrested in Pilgrim’s Rest, Mpumalanga. Members of the South African National Defence Force and South African Police Service raided a suspected illegal operation in this old mining town.
The area attracted prospectors looking for gold in 1873. Now, illegal miners have descended on the town. A helicopter hovered above the operation, trying to spot the brazen illegal miners. Some of whom were armed to the teeth.
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