JOHANNESBURG - It’s highly probable that many escapees from Mozambican prisons are already in South Africa. That’s according to one inmate who has admitted to bribing South African officials ...

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 ...

They called occult expert Superintendent Kobus Jonker who said there was no proof of ceremonies having occurred at the house. Jonker didn't rule out, however, that Van Rooyen may have been a ...

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 ...

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.

Illegal miners at an abandoned mine in Stilfontein. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG - Some civil society organisations are worried that illegal miners occupying an abandoned ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) says more than 1,500 illegal miners, colloquially known as zama zamas have since emerged from the disused mines at Stilfontein in North West following an ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) reports that over 1,500 illegal miners, known as zama zamas, have surfaced from the abandoned mines of Stilfontein in North West following a major police ...

Civil society organizations are expressing deep concern for illegal miners, known as zama zamas, still trapped in abandoned mines in Stilfontein.With law enforcement efforts to force them to the ...

In a desperate attempt to survive, illegal miners in Stilfontein claim they have resorted to eating human flesh of those who died underground. Illegal miners in Stilfontein claim they’re resorting to ...

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Illegal miners from the Stilfontein Mine in the North West have reportedly started consuming human flesh, and this was revealed in a letter that emerged The miners said that more of their fellow ...