In a staggering display of cruelty, South African police laid siege to an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, leaving at ...
Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal miners remaining at the site. The MRS is expected to provide a detailed report ...
The state has been accused of deliberately allowing the deaths of the miners who perished in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, ...
An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but certainly not one of the kingpins.
Police have called on members of the public who suspect their loved ones were working on abandoned mines in the Khuma, ...
The accused appeared before the Stilfontein Magistrate's Court on Friday and were released on R1 000 bail each.
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to survive, then left to starve.
Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid Watson warns that financial and safety concerns make this unlikely. While ...
The bodies of almost 90 illegal miners were brought to the surface of an abandoned shaft when police intensified an operation ...
Alleged illegal mining kingpin James Neo Tshwaeli , also known as ‘Tiger’, was extracted from Shaft 11 earlier in January but ...
The South African Human Rights Commission has escalated its investigation of an abandoned mine in Stilfontein into a national ...
Under the banner of the Stilfontein Solidarity Committee, over 100 protesters gathered outside the offices of the Department ...