'They called them troublemakers, but they were our survival': Stilfontein struggles after illegal mining crackdown
In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...
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Stilfontein Illegal Miner Describes Tiger As Brutal Henchman, States He Wasn’t a Kingpin As Claimed
An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but ...
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From Marikana to Stilfontein Our Lives Count for Nothing
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 ...
EWN Sport3d
Second illegal miner lifted from Stilfontein dies
The man died on Thursday in a hospital to which 33 miners were admitted after a three-day operation that ended on January 16 ...
The Citizen4d
Hope amid the Stilfontein horror: SA-made, world-first technology shows its might
South African engineering innovation was put on the map after world-first rescue technology was used to save 246 lives in the ...
'No escape': Stilfontein miners are in isolated ward, with heavy police presence and security guards
Department of Health said Stilfontein miners are in isolated ward, with heavy police presence and security guards ...
The Stilfontein massacre: A crime of the ANC and South African capitalism
These 78 workers were murdered by the ANC government. Its barbarous actions are a devastating indictment of bourgeois ...
The Associated Press on MSN12d
Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped ...
South African miner describes horrors for those who spent months underground
A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...
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Stilfontein Kingpin Remains on the Loose, SAPS Investigation Zeroes In on Officers Who Were on Duty
The South African Police Service is investigating members who were on duty the day that an illegal mining kingpin escaped ...
The Citizen3d
Police ‘in their pockets’: Stilfontein ‘Tiger’ escape plan likely started underground
Alleged Stilfontein illegal mining ringleader James “Tiger” Neo Tshoaeli’s escape from police custody was likely facilitated ...
'Trying to kill us': Stilfontein illegal miner recalls police siege
Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...