Police in the North West have retracted earlier claims that extortion attempts had hindered efforts to rescue illegal miners ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

Stilfontein gold mine shaft in the North West ... leaders have cast their eyes on a long-term solution to illegal mining in the area. Plans are currently underway to force hundreds of zama ...

He spoke to GroundUp in Stilfontein ... Deep-level industrial mining is enormously expensive and much of this gold was inaccessible without considerable further investment. Nevertheless, vast ...

A crane at the site of an abandoned mine in Stilfontein where a mission to rescue ... underground at a shaft at the old Buffelsfontein gold mine. A week ago, a task team was deployed by Police ...

The Gauteng High Court dismissed the Society for the Protection of our Constitution's application for relief for illegal ...

The mine has been a focal point in Operation Vala Umgodi (“close the hole” in isiZulu) to dismantle illegal mining syndicates ...

The miners in Stilfontein, in the country’s North West province, have been entering the mine, which is no longer in operation, searching for gold deposits. Such illegal mining has long been ...

As South Africa grapples with the growing crisis of illegal mining, the unfolding drama in Stilfontein, North West, has ...

They were found with mining equipment including explosives ... 22 November 2024,” Netshiunda said. Meanwhile, the Stilfontein gold mine saga took a twist on Thursday after an individual ...

We mine gold. Underground ... Umgodi to fight illegal mining in North West and other areas. The water shortage resulted in more than 1 000 miners resurfacing at Stilfontein mine.