Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an ...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is pursuing legal options to hold the government accountable for the deaths The African Transformation Movement said Stilfontein was a man-made ...

A probe is underway into the deaths of 78 suspected illegal miners who have been pulled out from the Stilfontein mine in the North West. A cage with rescue experts had been sent down to the ...

The Zimbabwe Consul-General in Johannesburg, Eria Phiri, has visited Stilfontein in the North West province following the retrieval of illegal miners during a South African Police Service (SAPS ...

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe confirmed that two volunteers assisting in the operation had confirmed that there are no longer any illegal miners underground.

STILFONTEIN - Operation at the Stilfontein mine in North West are to continue until police are satisfied. Police spokeswoman Brigadier Athlenda Mathe confirmed this on Wednesday as officials ...

The ‘all you can eat’ buffet which has something for every type of foodie opened yesterday on Church Street and owners ... “It is a world buffet, what we are trying to do here is to keep ...

The entrance shaft of an abandoned mine is seen in Stilfontein on January 14, 2025. More than two dozen illegal miners have been rescued and at least 15 bodies recovered from an abandoned gold ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least ...

In a tragic turn of events at Stilfontein, South Africa, at least 78 miners have died following a major crackdown on illegal mining activities. The operation has left hundreds more trapped underground ...

Mathe said that from the time the operation began on 18 August, about 1 907 illegal miners resurfaced at various shafts in Stilfontein. Eighty-seven bodies have been retrieved. Discover the Truth Step ...