A police operation in Stilfontein will continue, despite initial reports that there are "no longer any illegal miners ...
An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by ...
The calls come after close to 80 dead bodies were pulled from an abandoned gold mine this week in a government-led operation to shutdown illicit mining networks in the North West.
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 mine ...
The Stilfontein mine rescue team is expected to conduct a final sweep underground today, to determine if there are any more illegal miners remaining underground.
With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the ...
As of 13:30 on Wednesday, the number of deceased suspected illegal miners extracted from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold ...
Police are investigating claims of kidnapping and torture made against the alleged kingpins of the illicit mining operation ...
Official communiqués have reduced the Stilfontein dead and emaciated to children of a lesser God, as if the State’s ...