The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South ...

Al Jazeera’s Hatu Mutasa reports from Stilfontein as rescue workers bring miners to the surface after being trapped in an ...

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 ...

DURBAN - In 2024, BRICS expanded to ten countries. The new members were Iran, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia. The Rio Times describes the historic growth of Brics as a pivotal moment for ...

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 ...

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.