Police say 350-400 people have stayed in Stilfontein mine to avoid arrest after minister vowed to ‘smoke them out’ ...

This followed an application on Saturday in which the Society for the Protection of Our Constitution approached the court for ...

A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners and allow emergency workers to gain access to a ...

Leader of residents that have volunteered to retrieve suspected illegal miners at shaft 11 in Stilfontein in the North West, ...

Hundreds of illegal gold miners are struggling to survive underground after authorities blockaded them. The government says ...

He said described the situation as precarious but urged the police to respect the miners’ rights and not put their lives at ...

Ramaphosa urged the police to respect the miners' rights and not put their lives at risk and said his government would work ...

AUTHORITIES in South Africa have put together a team, including mine rescue experts, to come up with a plan to bring to ...

Community members on their way to the mine in Stilfontein, North West, on 19 November 2024, where some of the illegal miners ...

AUTHORITIES in South Africa are considering whether to rescue potentially thousands of illegal miners in a disused ...

When zama zamas go hungry deep underground in the abandoned mines where they illegally mine for gold, they sometimes resort ...