Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is pursuing legal options to hold the government accountable for the deaths The African Transformation Movement said Stilfontein was a man-made ...

Rescuers cross the caution tape near a Metalliferous Mobile Rescue Winder during a rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein on 13 January 2025.

STILFONTEIN - Operation at the Stilfontein mine in North West are to continue until police are satisfied. Police spokeswoman Brigadier Athlenda Mathe confirmed this on Wednesday as officials ...

The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa is demanding the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry to investigate what it describes as the Stilfontein massacre in the ...

The entrance shaft of an abandoned mine is seen in Stilfontein on January 14, 2025. More than two dozen illegal miners have been rescued and at least 15 bodies recovered from an abandoned gold ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least ...

Police have arrested suspected illegal mining ringleaders in Stilfontein in the North West. It is alleged that they tortured, assaulted, starved and killed zama zamas underground. Zama zamas ...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the deaths of the Stilfontein illegal miners are reminiscent of the Marikina massacre. The federation said hunger has been used as a ...

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 ...

Authorities said that at least 78 bodies were recovered from the Stilfontein mine. A trade union federation has accused the South African government of wilful negligence. Police in South Africa ...