North West police have confirmed the death of yet another suspected illegal miner at Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein.

The solution to the problem of informal economies is not policing. Nor is it regulation. The solution must begin with massive regional economic repair.

Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...

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

Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.

Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...

Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...

An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but ...

During a three-day national rescue operation, 246 suspected illegal miners were medically assessed by healthcare ...

Alleged Stilfontein illegal mining ringleader James “Tiger” Neo Tshoaeli’s escape from police custody was likely facilitated ...

The North West Department of Health has confirmed the death of one of the men who was rescued from the Stilfontein mine and ...

A second miner has died in hospital after being pulled alive from an illegal South African gold mine from which 87 bodies were extracted ...