Tiger’, a Lesotho national, is implicated in several statements as one of the ringleaders who controlled operations ...

Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...

An illegal miner lifted from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein has died in hospital, raising the death toll to 88 since ...

In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...

The South African Police Service defended itself against claims that it arrested a volunteer, released information about ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

The bodies of 78 Zama Zama's were pulled from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to ...

JOHANNESBURG - The health department in the North West has confirmed the death of another suspected illegal miner from Stilfontein. The man was part of a group of 33 suspected zama zamas admitted to ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

Scores of zama zama's who were retrieved from the Stilfontein mine in North West is expected to appear before court.

Mines Rescue Services (MRS), under the leadership of Mannas Fourie, recently saved 246 illegal miners (zama-zamas) who were trapped.