Rescued Stilfontein illegal miner, now out on R500 bail, gives harrowing details of what he witnessed underground, saying many miners succumb to the unrelenting hunger – not illness. Rescue mission at ...

STILFONTEIN - Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has approached the Constitutional Court in its fight for illegal miners occupying an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein to be ...

JOHANNESBURG - It’s highly probable that many escapees from Mozambican prisons are already in South Africa. That’s according to one inmate who has admitted to bribing South African officials ...

Stilfontein, in South Africa’s North West province, has become a focal point in the battle against illegal mining. As part of Operation Vala Umgodi (“Close the Hole”), authorities have sealed numerous ...

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee, consisting of community leaders, mining organisations and human rights activists, claims that the miners remain trapped underground, facing dire conditions ...

They called occult expert Superintendent Kobus Jonker who said there was no proof of ceremonies having occurred at the house. Jonker didn't rule out, however, that Van Rooyen may have been a ...

A system of pulleys and ropes installed by members of the South Africa Police Service is set up over an entrance to a disused gold mine shaft in Stilfontein, around 150 kilometres south-west of ...

Government says a number of illegal miners, known as Zama Zamas, have voluntarily emerged from the disused mine shafts in Stilfontein, indicating that these individuals have the capability to exit the ...

An aerial view of one of the three shafts used by illegal miners in Stilfontein. Picture: Saps A letter sent from under the Stilfontein earth highlights the dire situation facing illegal miners.

Stilfontein Miners All 26 illegal miners, who had resurfaced since Monday, were placed under arrest for illegal mining, trespassing and contravention of the Immigration Act, Act 13 of 2002.

Illegal miners at an abandoned mine in Stilfontein. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG - Some civil society organisations are worried that illegal miners occupying an abandoned ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) says more than 1,500 illegal miners, colloquially known as zama zamas have since emerged from the disused mines at Stilfontein in North West following an ...