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 ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...

Rescuers cross the caution tape near a Metalliferous Mobile Rescue Winder during a rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein on 13 January 2025.

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 ...

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe confirmed that two volunteers assisting in the operation had confirmed that there are no longer any illegal miners underground.