Stilfontein: The end of ubuntu? At the start of hearings concerning the Life Esidimeni tragedy, 144 crosses appeared outside a Johannesburg nursery. The nursery's owner expressed to a local newspaper ...

Nearly every sector is affected by the plague of incompetence, apathy, negligence and corruption; none of which can be ...

The kingpin of an allegedly illegal mining network in Stilfontein has managed to evade arrest. Police are searching for Lesotho national named James Neo Tshoaeli. He reportedly disappeared after ...

The government-led operation to retrieve illegal miners from Stilfontein concluded. Picture: EWN STILFONTEIN, North West - The community of Stilfontein has returned to normalcy after an ...

eNCA's Bafedile Moerane has more.

Since Monday, 246 zama zamas were rescued and 78 bodies recovered. That brings the total number of miners retrieved to 1,907 since August.

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. Mineral Resources Minister ...

An illegal miner who was retrieved by law enforcement at the Stilfontein shaft in the North West has revealed disturbing information about the living conditions they had to endure and the grim ...

notes with sadness the gravity of the human tragedy that occurred at Stilfontein in the North West Province of South Africa over the last few weeks. The death of at least seventy-eight miners ...

In my view personally, this does not make sense. "These miners in Stilfontein voluntarily came into our country illegally and I find it strange that we are a country that when we adopted our ...

The crisis at a disused gold mine in Stilfontein, North West, which has dragged on for months, has tested the ability of the government to curb illegal mining through Operation Vala Umgodi.