{"id":31246,"date":"2026-04-09T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31246"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:28:11","slug":"ten-suspected-illegal-miners-arrested-in-sa-province","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ten-suspected-illegal-miners-arrested-in-sa-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten suspected illegal miners arrested in SA province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten suspected illegal miners have been arrested in Pilgrim\u2019s Rest, in Mpumalanga province, South Africa (SA), during a police operation targeting illicit mining.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Police Spokesperson Mavela Masondo says the suspects, believed to be undocumented foreign nationals, were found with gold-bearing material and tools used in illegal mining activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The arrests form part of Operation Vala Umgodi, a broader crackdown on illegal mining across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are expected to appear in the Graskop Magistrate&#8217;s Court in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21442,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-31246","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Ten suspected illegal miners have been arrested in SA","published_date":"2026-04-09 16:56:09","news_description":"Ten suspected illegal miners have been arrested in SA","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31247,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31246\/revisions\/31247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}