One of the volunteers who went into the Stilfontein mine shaft has painted a grim picture of the conditions underground.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has delivered a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging him to set up a commission of ...

A technical team driving an operation to shutdown an illicit mining network sent high-tech equipment down shaft 11 earlier on ...

In a police crackdown at an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, 78 people died and hundreds were rescued. The ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

Police have arrested suspected illegal mining kingpins who allegedly tortured, assaulted, starved and killed zama zamas at ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has emphasised the urgent need for a comprehensive investigation into the Buffelsfontein Mine in ...

South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...

An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

A police operation in Stilfontein will continue, despite initial reports that there are "no longer any illegal miners ...

With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the ...