Alleged illegal mining kingpin James Neo Tshwaeli , also known as ‘Tiger’, was extracted from Shaft 11 earlier in January but ...

The North West Health Department was on Wednesday unable to give timelines for the start of preparations for the ...

The identification process for nearly 80 suspected illegal miners from the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine is far from over.

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

The accused appeared before the Stilfontein Magistrate's Court on Friday and were released on R1 000 bail each.

The spat between police and labour union, the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa), over allegations regarding the blasting of shaft 10 at Buffelfontein Gold Mine near Stilfontein ...

Following the tragic Stilfontein mine disaster that claimed 78 lives, civil society and political parties demand accountability and systemic reforms to address the failures leading to illegal mining ...

MEC Sello Lehari provided an update during a media briefing in Rustenburg on Wednesday (5/2). “We have retrieved 78 bodies ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground ... operations are underway to find those officials who aided his escape between Shaft 11 and the Stilfontein police holding cells,” ...

A South African Police Services (Saps) vehicle is parked near the mine shaft in Stilfontein on 17 November 2024. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP Authorities have claimed that no illegal miners remain ...