The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South ...

Al Jazeera’s Hatu Mutasa reports from Stilfontein as rescue workers bring miners to the surface after being trapped in an ...

STILFONTEIN - Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has approached the Constitutional Court in its fight for illegal miners occupying an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein to be ...

DURBAN - In 2024, BRICS expanded to ten countries. The new members were Iran, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia. The Rio Times describes the historic growth of Brics as a pivotal moment for ...

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 ...

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 ...

An aerial view of one of the three shafts used by illegal miners in Stilfontein. Picture: Saps A letter sent from under the Stilfontein earth highlights the dire situation facing illegal miners.

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 ...