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 ...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is pursuing legal options to hold the government accountable for the deaths The African Transformation Movement said Stilfontein was a man-made ...

The DA in Parliament has written a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging him to establish a Commission of Inquiry into the Stilfontein mine tragedy. Nearly 80 illegal miners have died at the ...

A probe is underway into the deaths of 78 suspected illegal miners who have been pulled out from the Stilfontein mine in the North West. A cage with rescue experts had been sent down to the ...

The Zimbabwe Consul General in Johannesburg Eria Phiri, visited Stilfontein in the North West province following the retrieval of illegal miners during a South African Police Service (SAPS ...

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

STILFONTEIN - Operation at the Stilfontein mine in North West are to continue until police are satisfied. Police spokeswoman Brigadier Athlenda Mathe confirmed this on Wednesday as officials ...

The entrance shaft of an abandoned mine is seen in Stilfontein on January 14, 2025. More than two dozen illegal miners have been rescued and at least 15 bodies recovered from an abandoned gold ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least ...

In a tragic turn of events at Stilfontein, South Africa, at least 78 miners have died following a major crackdown on illegal mining activities. The operation has left hundreds more trapped underground ...

Police have arrested suspected illegal mining ringleaders in Stilfontein in the North West. It is alleged that they tortured, assaulted, starved and killed zama zamas underground. Zama zamas ...