Articles for Kimon de Greef

The violent underworld of Stilfontein’s zama zamas

South Africa’s illicit gold trade is lucrative and controlled by gangs

Scenes from a zama zama rescue

“They wanted us to go and rescue these guys, but it’s impossible.”

Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry

Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels

The life and death of an immigrant dog whisperer

Immigrant food couriers risk death on South African roads

“When it rains, it’s trouble. Guys are falling all the time.”

Fisheries department rots from the top

A factional war lays bare a culture of corruption

Cops killed Hout Bay fisherman, witnesses say

Durick van Blerk has been missing since 11 August

Cops probed over missing fisherman

Police watchdog opens cases of attempted murder

Hout Bay protest turns violent after poaching death

Hangberg residents accuse law enforcement of shooting Durick van Blerk

Will Prasa’s new board get it back on track? An interview with Khanyisile Kweyama

PRASA is in ICU but not the morgue, says new chairperson

Poacher killed in high-speed boat chase

Mortimer Booysen’s body washed up near Pearly Beach

Want to curb abalone poaching? Treat the cause

Drone video that showed poachers being caught misses the point

Diving for abalone among the great white sharks

Impoverished Gansbaai residents risk death to supply illicit trade

Brett Herron explains Cape Town’s big housing policy shift

The way development takes place needs to change if we’re to have a more equitable city, says councillor

Ona Dubula returns home

Hangberg residents arrange transport: “It’s the least we could do”

A history of violence: police action in Hout Bay

Fourteen-year-old boy has surgery to remove rubber bullet