Last year’s tragic events at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa show the danger of poor information in policing ...

Clement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa. That's after a crackdown on illegal mining at the site in Stilfontein that began in August, in which police had ...

Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near ...

STILFONTEIN - Thursday marks a year since the end of the Stilfontein mine rescue operation. It ended with 78 bodies retrieved from underground and 246 illegal miners rescued alive. Police had ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at an abandoned mine, apparently fearing arrest by police ...

A South African Police Services (Saps) vehicle is parked near the mine shaft in Stilfontein on 17 November 2024. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP The South African Police Service (SAPS) has condemned what ...

Community members on their way to the mine in Stilfontein, North West, on 19 November 2024, where some of the illegal miners remain underground. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen The South African ...

Amid the state’s inhumane response to the Buffelsfontein Mine operation, activists and grassroots organisations rallied outside the Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Wednesday, demanding justice for the ...

Earlier this week, a government-led operation to shut down an illicit mining network in Stilfontein was called off after it was confirmed that there were no more signs of life underground. STILFONTEIN ...

Stilfontein will and must be remembered as one of the worst tragedies we have witnessed in the 30 years of democracy in South Africa. From August last year, 87 artisanal miners were deserted and hung ...

The bodies of 78 Zama Zama's were pulled from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to shut down an elaborate illicit mining network. STILFONTEIN, North West - The ...

DA spokesperson on Mineral and Petroleum Resources, James Lorimer had a discussion with eNCA on this topic.