A miner, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals, shows bruises on his hands that he got while climbing ...

The Taung Regional Court in North West has sentenced a former college principal Motlagomang Prudence Mathloko, 43, to R12,000 fine or four years imprisonment after she was found guilty on two ...

Kaizer Chiefs comfortably avoided an upset in the Nedbank Cup last 32 on Sunday, cruising past ABC Motsepe League side Free ...

It has been a really hard journey. I am very grateful to the medical team and coaches for believing in me,' said the Chiefs midfielder.

notes with sadness the gravity of the human tragedy that occurred at Stilfontein in the North West Province of South Africa over the last few weeks. The death of at least seventy-eight miners ...

Rita de Sonsa wipes the sweat from her brow as she stands behind the counter of her once-bustling liquor store in Stilfontein. The rhythmic hum of customers that once filled the air has been ...

Now at least 78 miners have died in Stilfontein after enduring horrific conditions as a result of the police barricading them into a mine shaft. The police blocked the exit of the mine leaving ...

The crisis at a disused gold mine in Stilfontein, North West, which has dragged on for months, has tested the ability of the government to curb illegal mining through Operation Vala Umgodi.

The man died on Thursday in a hospital to which 33 miners were admitted after a three-day operation that ended on January 16 to clear the abandoned mine at Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg.

Rescuers use a Metalliferous Mobile Rescue Winder during a rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein on January 14, 2025. Picture: Christian Velcich ...

The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally designed and manufactured Mobile Mines Rescue Winder (MMRW), equipped with wo ...