As the quest to free an estimated 4000 plus miners from a shaft in Stilfontein in the North West, the minister of police, Senzo Mchunu visited the site where he speaks to volunteer miners who ...

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Stilfontein will and must be remembered as one of the worst tragedies we have witnessed in the 30 years of democracy in South Africa. From August last year, 87 artisanal miners were deserted and ...

The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng has ordered maximum resources to be mobilised in finding an alleged kingpin who resurfaced from shaft 11 in ...

Police have been at Stilfontein since last year, blocking supply routes for food and water for illegal miners. The miners, who had been working underground in disused mine shafts, initially ...

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 community leaders pin blame on Ntshavheni over 'smoke them out' comment Some of the zama zamas are believed to have starved to death after police cut off food and water supply during ...

On 15 January 2025, Briefly News reported that 36 dead bodies were retrieved from the Stilfontein mine over two days. Mine Rescue Services also rescued 118 miners as rescue operations finally got ...

ALSO READ: More than 50 bodies recovered from disused Stilfontein mine “Police are directly responsible for all these deaths,” said Spoor. He said the gold mined was “not going to the state ...

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The Stilfontein mine was being worked by thousands of desperately impoverished people when security forces moved in last summer, as part of the ANC’s Vala Umgodi (Plug the Hole) operation aimed ...

Authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the shaft of a closed gold mine more than 2km underground where an unknown number of men are still feared trapped, following a siege in a crackdown ...