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 ...

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 ...

Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining were believed to be sick and increasingly weak inside an abandoned mine shaft Thursday.

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 ...

Late on Sunday night, 14 zama zamas surfaced from deep underground at a disused mine in Stilfontein, where a major operation against illegal mining is ongoing. Police were guarding the shaft’s ...

Seventy-eight dead bodies have been brought to the surface of the abandoned gold mine at Stilfontein in South Africa, after being blockaded by the African National Congress government for months.

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 at shaft 11 Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein started on Monday with the retrieval of 35 illegal miners, including nine bodies. This follows the clearing of the site over the ...

The police issued this shot of Tiger when it launched the manhunt in January Nobody in South Africa seems to know where Tiger is. The 42-year-old from neighbouring Lesotho, whose real name is James ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to the volunteers, all that’s left underground now were some of the remains that they were struggling to bring up to the surface. STILFONTEIN - Three days into an operation meant to run for ...