The heavy machinery was impounded on Friday during a large-scale operation, with both loaders removed by heavy-duty trucks.

Cape Town authorities have seized two digger loaders in an effort to combat illegal sand mining in the Khayelitsha area.

Five sand diggers died on Thursday when they were trapped in a heap of sand in Dauni village, Minjibir Local Government of Kano. A four-year-old boy Ibrahim Shuaibu was however rescued from the heap ...