The bodies of almost 90 illegal miners were brought to the surface of an abandoned shaft when police intensified an operation ...

The South African government’s approach - “smoking out” miners and branding them as criminals - fails to address the root ...

JOHANNESBURG - As an intense search for an alleged illegal mining ringleader continues in Stilfontein, some activists have ...

The state has been accused of deliberately allowing the deaths of the miners who perished in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, ...

The Buffelsfontein mine disaster, marked by loss of life and political division, underscores South Africa’s failure to ...

Tshoaeli, described as a ruthless character, disappeared on 15 January after he was rescued with other illegal miners from Buffelsfontein Gold Mine's shaft 11. City Press has reported how Tshoaeli's ...

Since August last year, over 2,000 suspected illegal miners have been arrested, as part of Operation Vala Umgodi at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine.

The North West Health Department was on Wednesday unable to give timelines for the start of preparations for the ...

Mining Affected Community United in Action has reiterated calls for the resignation of Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe for ...

MEC Sello Lehari provided an update during a media briefing in Rustenburg on Wednesday (5/2). “We have retrieved 78 bodies ...

Police allege that aid provided to the miners has indirectly supported continued illegal mining operations.78 corpses and 246 ...