There are thought to be at least 50 000 informal miners working underground in South Africa. According to the auditor general ...

The national head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya briefing the media to outline progress and take stock of milestones achieved during ...

As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares for his SONA address, Bosa leader Mmusi Maimane has called for urgent solutions to ...

As South Africa reflects on its mining practices through the lens of these tragedies, the need for urgent reform has never been more critical. Addressing systemic flaws and ensuring rigorous ...

The crown lies uneasily on Ramaphosa’s head as he seeks to balance the interests of his party with those of the country, with these being often entirely incompatible, writes .

Ramaphosa is set to deliver his SONA, in Cape Town, on February 6, where he will outline the priorities of the Government ... “The operations at the Stilfontein, in the North West, could serve as an ...

Mannas, can you describe this rescue operation at Stilfontein and the key elements it entailed ... us because each operation is distinct and there is no script or manual that outlines what needs to be ...

Since August 2024, more than 1,000 illegal miners surfaced from the abandoned shafts in Stilfontein and 87 bodies were also retrieved. The commission of inquiry will sit in May this year ...

Stilfontein: The end of ubuntu? At the start of hearings concerning the Life Esidimeni tragedy, 144 crosses appeared outside a Johannesburg nursery. The nursery's owner expressed to a local newspaper ...

Police records indicate that he was not booked into any police stations where other illegal miners were detained, nor was he hospitalised. The SAPS says investigations into Tshoeali 's escape ...