'They called them troublemakers, but they were our survival': Stilfontein struggles after illegal mining crackdown
In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...
Mining Weekly5d
SAIMM Statement on Stilfontein Tragedy
The leadership of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, an independent professional institute of international standing for over 130 years, notes with sadness the gravity of the ...
South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
GroundUp9d
“The smell of death was everywhere” – Stilfontein mine rescue ends
As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.
sundayworld10d
Gut-wrenching scenes as Stilfontein zama zama rescue mission ends
When the men who had been holed up more than two kilometres underground for months in a disused mine in Stilfontein North ...
Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark reality
Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of South African miners.
A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
Hundreds of Miners Were Trapped for Months —Until an Extraordinary Two-Man Rescue Mission
The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...
'Trying to kill us': Stilfontein illegal miner recalls police siege
Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...
The Africa Report12d
South Africa: Police operation nabs over 17,000 trapped miners
More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during a police ...
South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege
South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...
The Citizen13d
Who is responsible for Stilfontein’s tragic deaths?
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 ...