Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...

In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...

Alleged Stilfontein illegal mining ringleader James “Tiger” Neo Tshoaeli’s escape from police custody was likely facilitated ...

An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but ...

In South Africa, more than thirty years after the end of apartheid, the lives of people who are black and poor are not counted as human lives. We are murdered with impunity and left to die with ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has hit back at accusations that the government is to blame for the ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

The Mobile Mines Rescue Winder on the scene of the Stilfontein mine rescue mission. Photos: Supplied The Stilfontein mine tragedy, where at least 78 people lost their lives, underscores the ...

Spread This NewsBy Darlington Gatsi ZIMBABWEAN authorities in South Africa are hesitant to confront the government about its role in the deaths of 20 Zimbabweans at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in ...

During a three-day national rescue operation, 246 suspected illegal miners were medically assessed by healthcare ...