Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging ...

Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor argues that government indecision and police actions led to the tragic deaths of 78 zama ...

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

An orange level 5 warning for disruptive rain and flooding has been issued for Gauteng, south-central Limpopo, the Highveld ...

Anchoring the west side of Indianapolis, the White River State Park offers 250 acres of green space dotted with memorials and museums as the Central Canal and the White River offer waterways in ...

“From Monday, 30 December 2024, until today, 12 illegal miners have been placed under arrest for illegal mining, trespassing, and contravention of the Immigration Act in Stilfontein,” the SAPS said in ...

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 ...

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 ...

An organisation representing mining communities has now approached the Constitutional Court to force government to save the lives of illegal miners trapped underground in Stilfontein, North West.

Police process illegal miners at a abandoned mine in Stilfontein after they resurfaced on 30 November 2024. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN JOHANNESBURG - Forty-seven illegal miners are expected to ...