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 ...

The rise of illegal mining in the country has raised human rights concerns and questions about who ultimately benefits.

More than five months after the launch of Operation Vala Umgodi in Stilfontein, North West, police say the case against miners is still ongoing. The South African Police Service (SAPS) in North ...

Mathe said the Mine Rescue Service, which has been responsible for the operation in Stilfontein, would send a cage underground on Thursday morning "to see if any illegal miners resurface with the ...

The government in South Africa says it will not help about 4,000 miners inside an illegal closed mine in the country's North West province as part of an official policy against illegal mining.

The rescue operation in Sabie is separate from another illegal mining incident in Stilfontein in North West Province, where over 1,000 illegal miners have been underground for weeks. A court order ...

UPS cuts 20,000 jobs, GM delays investor call as Trump's tariffs create corporate chaos The fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war reverberated further through the corporate world on ...

Undocumented illegal miners in Mpumalanga are getting away with gender-based violence (GBV) and other crimes as law enforcement agencies fail to finalise cases due to the perpetrators’ lack of ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Rescuers and South African Police Service officers carry bodies during a rescue operation ...