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STILFONTEIN, North West - The rescue operation at the Stilfontein shaft in North West has kicked off. The first phase of the plan, to clear the site, has been completed. It’s expected to take a ...

STILFONTEIN - The rescue operation at the Stilfontein shaft in North West has kicked off. The first phase of the plan, to clear the site, has been completed. It’s expected to take a few more ...

North West police are investigating allegations of extortion after a person demanded a 30% cut from rescuers at the Stilfontein gold mine. The extortionist contacted and approached the rescue team in ...

Stilfontein gold mine shaft in the North West. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News STILFONTEIN - As a rescue operation unfolds at an abandoned mine in Stilfontein - some community leaders have ...

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has strongly condemned “reckless utterances” by senior government officials regarding illegal miners in Stilfontein, setting up a ...

The illegal miners who are still underground in Stilfontein, in the North West, are not trapped. Those who have opted not to exit the mine are simply still there because they fear being arrested.

The SA Police Service (SAPS) says the interim court order issued by the North Gauteng High Court does not halt the police operation at Stilfontein where illegal miners, said to be in thousands ...

A fresh rescue operation led by government kicked off on Tuesday to bring illegal miners back to the surface as part of a year-long Operation Vala Umgodi. JOHANNESBURG - Community leaders in ...

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 ...

The High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, said in an interim ruling that all miners underground in the mine in Stilfontein should be allowed to leave and no one should block their exit ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed government's commitment to resolving the tense situation at Stilfontein in the North West, through peaceful and safe measures. In his weekly newsletter to ...