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 ...

Crews responded Wednesday morning after a truck crashed into a lake in Winter Park. Critics are slamming the Princess of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

These are the words of Clement Moeletsi. He was underground at the Stilfontein mine from the end of July 2024 until 9 December, when he was sent out by the other miners because of his frail and ...