A total of 78 bodies and 166 survivors - some of them emaciated and disorientated - have been hauled out so far in a ...

The mine near the town of Stilfontein has been the scene of a tense standoff between police, miners and the public ...

The closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was the scene of a standoff in November when police tried to force the miners out by ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned ...

The operation to rescue illegal miners trapped for weeks underground in the northeastern South African town of Stilfontein, ...

The government has been blamed for the continued deaths of the illegal miners trapped at Stilfontein Mine in North West. Labour union, the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa ...

STILFONTEIN - Residents in Stilfontein have threatened to take to the streets over the standoff between police and the illegal miners occupying a shaft at the old Buffelsfontein mine. This ...

Tensions between the State, activists and community members in Stilfontein have been running high, as the community members demanded that government rescues the miners. On the other hand ...

The High Court in Pretoria has ordered government to rescue illegal miners in Stilfontein. Retrieval of the illegal miners is expected to begin on Monday.

A cage set to retrieve hundreds of illegal miners from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein has been assembled. Picture: Nokukhanya Mntambo/EWN STILFONTEIN - A cage set to retrieve hundreds of ...

Wednesday, Hullul started to get the help she needed at the FEMA disaster recovery center. The center is located inside the ...

He said for the past three months they have made calls to rescue the miners however, police insisted that it was not their mandate to go underground. The ruling follows an urgent application ...