The South African Police Service defended itself against claims that it arrested a volunteer, released information about ...
Alleged Stilfontein illegal mining ringleader James “Tiger” Neo Tshoaeli’s escape from police custody was likely facilitated before he even reached the surface. Police have been searching ...
Last week, rescuers recovered 78 bodies and 246 survivors — many of them weak and emaciated — from the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, in South Africa’s North West province, where police ...
Stilfontein, South Africa - January 14, 2025 The operation to rescue illegal miners trapped for weeks underground in the ...
STILFONTEIN, South Africa. — Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and wracking coughs echoed in the confined ...
South African Miner Describes Horrors for Those Who Spent Months Underground STILFONTEIN, South Africa. (AP) — Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t ...