More than 250 illegal miners have been retrieved since the start of phase three this week, with 78 dead bodies being recovered.

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

The Coalbrook North Colliery disaster of January 21, 1960, remains one of the most catastrophic events in South African ...

"What is unfolding now is that the detectives are still busy taking down the statements, allowing them to outline what they ... of the police operation in Stilfontein on Monday "The only underage ...

Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.

The kingpin of an allegedly illegal mining network in Stilfontein has managed to evade arrest. Police are searching for Lesotho national named James Neo Tshoaeli. He reportedly disappeared after ...

Stilfontein: The end of ubuntu? At the start of hearings concerning the Life Esidimeni tragedy, 144 crosses appeared outside a Johannesburg nursery. The nursery's owner expressed to a local newspaper ...

Since Monday, 246 zama zamas were rescued and 78 bodies recovered. That brings the total number of miners retrieved to 1,907 since August.

Police records indicate that he was not booked into any police stations where other illegal miners were detained, nor was he hospitalised. The SAPS says investigations into Tshoeali 's escape ...

A months-long standoff between South African authorities and illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine in the town of Stilfontein ended this week with at least 78 people killed – likely from ...

An illegal miner who was retrieved by law enforcement at the Stilfontein shaft in the North West has revealed disturbing information about the living conditions they had to endure and the grim ...