The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has slammed government over its handling of the Stilfontein tragedy, ...

Police have arrested suspected illegal mining kingpins who allegedly tortured, assaulted, starved and killed zama zamas at ...

Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal ...

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee says even though all surviving illegal miners have rescued, the shaft is littered with body ...

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Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

Undocumented Zimbabwean nationals are among more than 80 zama zamas who died at the Buffelsfontein gold mine when police ...

On Thursday, cameras were lowered 1,000 metres of the 2.6km deep shaft to scan for signs of life. No movement was seen on ...

In South Africa, a government crackdown on an illegal gold mine led to a state siege, causing 78 deaths. Volunteers ...

In a police crackdown at an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, 78 people died and hundreds were rescued. The ...

The South African Police Service revealed that only 26 out of the over 2000 illegal miners that resurfaced from Stilfontein ...

STILFONTEIN - The Zimbabwean consulate is prepred to work with the South African government to verify and identify its citizens from Stilfontein mine in North West. Zimbabwean consulate general Eria ...