In mid-January a year ago, shaft 11 of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine complex in Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, was a ...

Clement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa. That's after a crackdown on illegal mining at the site in Stilfontein that began in August, in which police had ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at an abandoned mine, apparently fearing arrest by police ...

Amid the state’s inhumane response to the Buffelsfontein Mine operation, activists and grassroots organisations rallied outside the Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Wednesday, demanding justice for the ...

A South African Police Services (Saps) vehicle is parked near the mine shaft in Stilfontein on 17 November 2024. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP The South African Police Service (SAPS) has condemned what ...

Community members on their way to the mine in Stilfontein, North West, on 19 November 2024, where some of the illegal miners remain underground. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen The South African ...

Earlier this week, a government-led operation to shut down an illicit mining network in Stilfontein was called off after it was confirmed that there were no more signs of life underground. STILFONTEIN ...

The bodies of 78 Zama Zama's were pulled from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to shut down an elaborate illicit mining network. STILFONTEIN, North West - The ...

Stilfontein will and must be remembered as one of the worst tragedies we have witnessed in the 30 years of democracy in South Africa. From August last year, 87 artisanal miners were deserted and hung ...

Volunteers Mzwandile Mkwayi (R) and Mandla Charles (L) were greeted as heroes after descending the mineshaft This story contains details, including a video, that some people may find distressing. As ...

Only three of the 93 illegal miners who died at Stilfontein have been claimed by their families so far, North West police say. The remaining bodies are still at state mortuaries as no next of kin have ...