In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...

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

JOHANNESBURG - The health department in the North West has confirmed the death of another suspected illegal miner from Stilfontein. The man was part of a group of 33 suspected zama zamas admitted to ...

Mines Rescue Services (MRS), under the leadership of Mannas Fourie, recently saved 246 illegal miners (zama-zamas) who were trapped.

The Stilfontein tragedy reveals a chilling reality: many zama zamas are children, caught in criminal activities as a result ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has hit back at accusations that the government is to blame for the ...

It has been a week since alleged alleged Stilfontein illegal mining Kingpins, Tiger escaped during rescue operation and he is still on the lose.

Dis month, authorities rescue hundreds of illegal miners from one mine shaft for South Africa. Wetin be di dangers of working ...

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

Mineral Resources minister Gwede Mantashe said illegal mining was not considered because it was a criminal activity.

Fugitive zama zama boss James Neo Tshoaeli, commonly known as 'Tiger', may have bribed cops with gold and cash to escape.

The community of Stilfontein demands accountability for the deaths of illegal miners as the alleged kingpin ‘Tiger’ remains ...