So far, five families have come forward to identify illegal miners who died in Stilfontein's abandoned mine shafts.

Under the banner of the Stilfontein Solidarity Committee, over 100 protesters gathered outside the offices of the Department ...

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 ...

Seventy-five unidentified bodies of illegal miners are being held in various government mortuaries in the North West.

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

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

They denounced the arrests of artisanal miners operating in abandoned mines, saying it did nothing to alleviate South ...

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

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

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 ...