Morné du Plessis became so well known for his playing abilities that there is a New Zealand rugby player named after him.

As Minister Mantashe readies Budget Vote 34, Minerals Council CEO Mzila Mthenjane highlights mining’s key challenges and ...

THE Minerals Council SA has called on the South African government to approve a dedicated illegal mining strategy as precious ...

A case against a Northern Cape man who was arrested for being in possession of an illegal gold bar estimated at R10 million ...

In a March parliamentary reply, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu said that in Stilfontein, 1,916 miners had been arrested and charged with illegal mining, illegal immigration, possession of gold-bearing ...

The North West health department is awaiting essential documentation, including death certificates, to proceed with the burial of 23 bodies of illegal miners ...

A top official in one of South Africa's biggest political parties has been sacked after he visited a controversial Malawian pastor in April. Floyd Shivambu has been removed as secretary-general of the ...

Detained after being accused of controlling the illegal operations at an abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein in South Africa ...

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 ...

Since August 2024, more than 1,000 illegal miners surfaced from the abandoned shafts in Stilfontein and 87 bodies were also retrieved. The commission of inquiry will sit in May this year, where ...

North West police are on the hunt for an alleged Stilfontein mining kingpin, Lesotho national, James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger.