Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

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Police have arrested suspected illegal mining ringleaders in Stilfontein in the North West. It is alleged that they tortured, assaulted, starved and killed zama zamas underground. Zama zamas ...

News today includes South African Police Service (Saps) members combed through evidence on Friday at a scene in Midrand where a suspect was arrested for child pornography-related charges. Meanwhile, ...

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 ...

Rescuers have sent a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds ...

Muridile says the identification of most of the bodies which have been retrieved is a challenge as these illegal miners are undocumented but also some bodies are decomposed.

The siege, which began in August at the mine in the town of Stilfontein, about 150km from Johannesburg, cut off food and water supplies for months in an attempt to force the miners to the surface ...

An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by Wednesday afternoon, of whom 246 are alive. The others are bodies and human ...

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 ...

A cage set to retrieve hundreds of illegal miners from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein has been assembled. Picture: Nokukhanya Mntambo/EWN STILFONTEIN - The death toll in Stilfontein has ...