The Department of Mineral Resources is facing backlash from advocacy groups, including the South African Civic Organisation ...

The South African government spent just over R30 million retrieving suspects involved in illegal mining at the Buffelsfontein ...

This has created a major headache for police and law enforcement agencies working to curb the spread of illegal mining activities in both provinces.In an interview with OFM ...

Stilfontein's notorious shaft number 11, where the latest mining tragedy took place, was different. The shaft is 2.6 kilometres (1.6 miles) deep. Such is the difficulty of accessing the galleries ...

Marikana was a precursor to Stifontein and show the lengths to which the state would go to punish people in protection of ...

Lepheana was trapped in Shaft 11 of the Buffelsfontein gold mine, which officially closed down in 2013, near a town called Stilfontein, two hours’ drive from Johannesburg; others were in Shaft 10, ...

This was revealed during a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Police session on Tuesday (18/3), where ...

The situation at the disused mine shafts in Stilfontein has been developing since August 2024, when small groups of illegal miners began emerging from the shafts. Since then, at least 1,576 ...

A professional mine rescue company on Monday sent a large cage to retrieve men at the site near Stilfontein ... are said to operate in abandoned mine shafts across mineral-rich South Africa.

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said it was false to claim government refused to rescue zama zamas ...

"The increase in illegal mining activities in seven hotspot ... Meanwhile, at least 26 illegal miners resurfaced from various shafts in the Stilfontein area over the last two days.