Authorities have claimed that no illegal miners remain underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, North West. The government-funded rescue mission, led by the Mine Rescue Services ...

A South African Police Services (Saps) vehicle is parked near the mine shaft in Stilfontein on 17 November 2024. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP The South African Police Service (SAPS) has condemned what ...

Only 26 South Africans were among the almost 2,000 zama zamas who resurfaced alive from the Stilfontein illegal mining operations. SAPS national spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said their operation ...

Chants of “Stilfontein is now! We want justice on the ground!” and “Justice for the miners” reverberated on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Wednesday, 5 February 2025, as local ...

With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the country’s black market for illicit gold. STILFONTEIN - Police Minister Senzo ...

Hundreds of unemployed men in Khuma township between Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom in the North West were allegedly recruited to an abandoned shaft with promises of lucrative wages only to end up in a ...

Earlier this week, a government-led operation to shut down an illicit mining network in Stilfontein was called off after it was confirmed that there were no more signs of life underground. STILFONTEIN ...

The deliberate starving to death of at least 78 men at the bottom of the disused Buffelsfontein mine is a human tragedy on a scale akin to Marikana, Life Esidimeni, the Enyobeni Tavern deaths, the ...

Acting provincial police commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng on Thursday highlighted that police officers were central to the inexplicable escape of the alleged kingpin at ...

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 hung ...

An illegal miner who was retrieved by law enforcement at the Stilfontein shaft in the North West has revealed disturbing information about the living conditions they had to endure and the grim reality ...