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 ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Picture: Gallo Images/Deaan Vivier Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has defended the government’s response to rescuing ...

Three of the four police officers who are accused of aiding alleged underground illegal mining kingpin James Neo Tshoaeli, aka Tiger ...

An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by Wednesday afternoon, of whom 246 are alive. The others are bodies and human ...

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 ...

Authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the Stilfontein gold mine over two days, police said late on Tuesday. Police began laying siege to the mine in August last year and cut off food and ...

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 ...

eNCA reporter Bafedile Moerane has the latest.

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 ...

Rescue operations are in full swing at the disused mine in Stilfontein in the North West. Over 50 frail zama zamas, as well as several bodies, were brought to the surface on Tuesday afternoon (14 ...

Illegal miners, who were arrested after being rescued from disused mines at Stilfontein, North West, have appeared before in court where they received wholly suspended sentences. The second batch of ...

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 ...