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

The prevalence of illegal mining was brought into sharp focus by the prolonged removal of zama zamas from the unused ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

SOUTH African opposition leader has called for foreign nationals involved in illegal mining to be sentenced to death. This ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

He is one of nearly 2,000 illegal miners who have surfaced from the mine near the town of Stilfontein since August last year ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine, where ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies for a period of time to the miners working illegally in the mine's ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies for a period of time to the miners working illegally in the mine's ...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is pursuing legal options to hold the government accountable for the deaths of illegal miners in Stillfontein The African Transformation Movement ...