Last week, rescue operators retrieved 78 bodies of suspected illegal miners at the disused Buffelsfontein gold mine in the ...

In response to the ongoing rescue operation at Stilfontein last week, the North West Health Department put several forensic pathology services on standby to handle the large number of casualties. READ ...

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

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 ...

More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during 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 ...

The NGO Mining Affected Communities ... for the rescue operation. Illegal miners who were rescued from the depths of Shaft 10 at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein in the North West say ...

Dire situation: As the Stilfontein illegal mining rescue operation continues, it remains unclear how many miners still remain underground. FILED PHOTO Stilfontein mining saga, North West, South Africa ...

Stilfontein, in South Africa’s North West province, has become a focal point in the battle against illegal mining. As part of Operation Vala Umgodi (“Close the Hole”), authorities have sealed numerous ...

STILFONTEIN - Illegal miners that remain underground in Stillfontein will receive no food parcels for at least a week. That’s according to the South African National Civic Organisation ...