Some of the illegal miners in Stilfontein in North West get medical attention. Scores of illegal miners are still trapped underground. Picture: SAPS JOHANNESBURG - Activists lobbying for the ...

The siege, which began in August at the mine in the town of Stilfontein, about 150km from Johannesburg, cut off food and water supplies for months in an attempt to force the miners to the surface ...

eNCA reporter Bafedile Moerane spoke to Cosatu North West secretary, Kopano Konopi, who says lives could have been saved.

STILFONTEIN - Operation at the Stilfontein mine in North West are to continue until police are satisfied. Police spokeswoman Brigadier Athlenda Mathe confirmed this on Wednesday as officials ...

The kingpin of an allegedly illegal mining network in Stilfontein has managed to evade arrest. Police are searching for Lesotho national named James Neo Tshoaeli. He reportedly disappeared after ...

JOHANNESBURG - The SA Police Service (SAPS) says it is focused on tracking down the alleged kingpin behind illegal mining in Stilfontein. But the SAPS is also cautioning people not to make false ...

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The Stilfontein Crisis Committee says even though all surviving illegal miners have seemingly been rescued from the disused mine shaft, and bodies of 78 deceased miners were brought to the surface ...

As South Africa battles with the reality of the Stilfontein disaster - where at least 78 illegal gold miners have died and more than 240 Zama Zamas - large-scale gold mining companies and Bench ...

South African authorities began their operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, about 95 miles west of Johannesburg, in November after some of those accused of mining underground ...

Rescue efforts at a disused South African gold mine in Stilfontein have recovered six more bodies, bringing the death toll to 15. The operation, now in its second day, has led to the rescue of 34 ...