Police have rubbished claims that officers detonated explosives at Stilfontein’s Shaft 10 during a rescue operation.

Mining Indaba in Cape Town faces unprecedented challenges as industry leaders prepare to address critical issues including ...

Rescue workers retrieved at least 78 bodies from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where police cut off food and water ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

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

“The Stilfontein illegal mining saga is too complex,” Bishop Sipuka said, alluding to reports that law enforcement agencies have blocked food and water supplies to the miners to force them to ...

Police process illegal miners at a abandoned mine in Stilfontein after they resurfaced ... miners were placed under arrest for illegal mining, trespassing, and contravention of the Immigration ...

The zama zamas are expected to appear in the Stilfontein Magistrate’s Court on Monday. They will face charges of illegal mining, trespassing, and contravening the Immigration Act for being in ...

Picture: Saps A letter sent from under the Stilfontein earth highlights the ... porridge to the shafts on Friday. ALSO READ: Illegal mining is a threat to SA’s competitiveness This would be ...

Illegal miners at an abandoned mine in Stilfontein. Picture ... are still said to be refusing to come up to the surface. Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) said as long ...

and they are expected to be part of the 26 zama zamas who will appear before the Stilfontein Magistrate’s Court on Friday, facing charges of illegal mining. Some of the artisanal miners are ...