Police in the North West have arrested five illegal miners who resurfaced at Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein. Two of the ...
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...
The man known as 'Tiger' is on the run after surfacing from a Stilfontein mine last week. Tshoeali is believed to have been ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...
North West Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng, has ordered the deployment of maximum resources to ...
As deposits dried up in Stilfontein, international companies departed and unemployment in the area surged past 90 percent. The jobless turned to illegal mining, retreating underground to search ...
The government launched a rescue operation following a court-order mission that is focused on retrieving those trapped, ...
Police have launched a manhunt for the alleged kingpin known as ‘Tiger’ in the Stilfontein gold mine debacle. The alleged ...
Some look painfully young. Operations to rescue hundreds of illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, a small mining town about 100 miles Southwest of Johannesburg, started Monday ...
Illegal mining is rife at some of South Africa ... where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe Accounts from ...