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

STILFONTEIN, NW - Police say they are working to find the kingpins behind illegal mining activities in the country. Hundreds of zama zamas remain underground an abandoned shaft in Stilfontein in the ...

TSHWANE — The high court application for intervention in the standoff at the Stilfontein mine, which has seen scores of ...

A human rights group likened the government’s approach to forcing illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft in ...

In recent years, central banks in several African nations, including Nigeria and Ghana, have started gold-purchasing programs. These programs boost foreign exchange reserves and aim to address a ...

South African police have been in a stand off outside an abandoned gold mine with hundreds of illegal miners who are holding out underground. The situation is getting desperate.

The Southern Eye BULAWAYO residents have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to halt corrupt practices involving police ...

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

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and ...

The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed up in underground shafts to the ...