Community members are searched by South African police before entering the mine shaft to negotiate with unlicensed miners underground in Stilfontein, in South Africa's North West province, Nov. 13 ...

KHUMA, South Africa — For months, the miners and their families pleaded for help. By the time it came, the mine had become a tomb. Last week, rescuers recovered 78 bodies and 246 survivors ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long standoff with police in the darkness of a disused gold mine.

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners ...

The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine.

The blockade of the Stilfontein mine is part of an escalating clampdown by the government and police on the activity of illegal miners in the country. “We’ve got about 6,000 abandoned mines in ...

“It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation. A cruel, drawn-out death that consumed them piece by piece.” These were the chilling words of Clement Moeletsi, a rescued illegal ...

Stilfontein rescue operation The rescue effort began on Monday following a high court ruling that ordered government to extract illegal miners from the mine. As of Thursday, 78 bodies had been ...

Stilfontein gold mine: Why did 87 people die in South Africa? The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August. Gerald Imray. Friday 17 January 2025 09:07 GMT.

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.

STILFONTEIN - A total of 43 dead bodies have been recovered from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein in the past two days. The recovery of the remains of illegal miners comes as mine rescue ...

The blockade of the Stilfontein mine is part of an escalating clampdown by the government and police on the activity of illegal miners in the country. “We’ve got about 6,000 abandoned mines in ...