A letter sent from under the Stilfontein earth highlights the dire situation facing illegal miners. It has been almost a month since the Gauteng High Court granted an interim order allowing illegal ...

The team, led by local government, recently took over an ongoing operation to stage a fresh rescue mission meant to bring illegal miners to the surface more quickly. STILFONTEIN - The final step to ...

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 ...

A fifth body has been retrieved from Shaft 11 in Stilfontein. Reports from underground indicate that there were at least six bodies that needed to be removed. A community leader said the volunteers ...

Illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, North West, are resorting to cannibalism, forced to feed on the corpses of their deceased colleagues to survive, according to a submission to ...

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 ...

With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the country’s black market for illicit gold. STILFONTEIN - Police Minister Senzo ...

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 ...

Police say extortionists are demanding part of the money allocated for specialists to retrieve the Stilfontein illegal miners who are underground. Extortionists have made demands for some of the money ...

As more illegal miners resurface from mine shafts in Stilfontein in North West, deputy police commissioner Lt-Gen Tebello Mosikili says it's an indication they are capable of exiting the underground ...

eNCA reporter Bafedile Moerane has the latest.

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