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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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

An illegal miner who resurfaced last week and was sent back down told authorities it was difficult to get the word out to all the miners in a shaft that is 2.5km deep. STILFONTEIN - An illegal ...

Rescue operations in Stilfontein, North West, where over 4 000 illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground, was temporarily halted on Sunday as some of the miners have begun to return to ...

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 ...

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 ...

"It hurts to swallow. Your hunger stops for a while." He spoke to GroundUp in Stilfontein, the former mining town in North-West province where zama zamas were recently cut off from food for ...

This aerial view shows an open mine shaft in Stilfontein on November 17, 2024. Hundreds of clandestine miners at a disused South African shaft are struggling to survive in grim conditions because of a ...