Should the police have taken more care to reduce the risk that the operation would result in the loss of life? And is it ...
The bodies of 78 Zama Zama's were pulled from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to ...
Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...
Police have rubbished claims that officers detonated explosives at Stilfontein’s Shaft 10 during a rescue operation.
SAPS deny the mine shaft was bombed, as claimed by the union at the end of the state-funded rescue and recovery operation on ...
In today’s news update, Saps condemned “misinformation” regarding the Stilfontein rescue efforts of illegal miners, while ...
Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor argues that government indecision and police actions led to the tragic deaths of 78 zama ...
Mannas Fourie from Potchefstroom has rescued hundreds of zama zamas from mines. Over the past week in Stilfontein, his team ...
The South African Police Service defended itself against claims that it arrested a volunteer, released information about ...
The bodies of 78 zama zamas were recovered from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to shut down an elaborate illicit mining network in the area.
Almost 30 illegal miners were rescued on Monday during renewed operations at shaft 11 in Stilfontein, North West. The extraction of 26 miners and nine bodies on Monday followed the clearing of the ...
In South Africa, a government crackdown on an illegal gold mine led to a state siege, causing 78 deaths. Volunteers ...