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Fourteen illegal miners have resurfaced from an abandoned gold mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West since Sunday night, according to police. "Eleven illegal miners just got out at Shaft 10, ...

Police say extortionists are demanding part of the money allocated for specialists to retrieve the Stilfontein illegal miners who are underground. Extortionists have made demands for some of the ...

North West Community Safety MEC Wessels Morweng has given an update on the zama zamas in the Stilfontein mine in the North west. Morweng said the resurfacing of illegal miners is a police operation.

A crane at the site of an abandoned mine in Stilfontein where a mission to rescue illegal miners is underway. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN STILFONTEIN - Illegal miners refusing to resurface at an ...

Stilfontein - The retrieval mission for illegal miners or zama zamas in the North West is developing by the minute. At the time of publication, the South African Police Service is awaiting zama ...

JOHANNESBURG - Fourteen illegal miners surfaced from a Stilfontein mine in the North West late on Sunday night. Among them is a 14-year-old. The operation to bring other zama zamas out is continuing.

At the same time, the High Court is expected to rule next week on a bid to allow miners to exit unhindered. eNCA reporter Bafedile Moerane has the latest.

A system of pulleys and ropes installed by members of the South Africa Police Service is set up over an entrance to a disused gold mine shaft in Stilfontein, around 150 kilometres south-west of ...

A system of pulleys and ropes installed by members of the South Africa Police Service is set up over an entrance to a disused gold mine shaft in Stilfontein, around 150km south-west of ...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The South African Police Service (SAPS) on Monday announced the arrest of 14 illegal miners who emerged from an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, North West province ...