While South Africa is still reeling from the deadly police siege at the Stilfontein mine, one illegal miner spoke to Reuters ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...

More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during a police ...

Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...

(photo: SACBC / Courtesy ) Silas Isenjia/CNA/ACI Africa World January 7, 2025 The hundreds of illegal miners stuck in a disused mine in Stilfontein in South Africa’s North West Province are ...

“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 ...

Zama Zamas emerge Recent developments have seen several illegal miners, known as zama zamas, voluntarily emerging from the disused mine shafts in Stilfontein. The South African government has noted ...

Relatives of the victims of a fatal plane fire in South Korea on Wednesday visited Muan airport, the site of the disaster. All but two of the 181 people aboard the Boeing 737-800 operated by South ...

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 ...