Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...

The siege, which began in August at the mine in the town of Stilfontein, about 150km from Johannesburg, cut off food and water supplies for months in an attempt to force the miners to the surface ...

Muridile says the identification of most of the bodies which have been retrieved is a challenge as these illegal miners are undocumented but also some bodies are decomposed.

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Sixty bodies have been retrieved. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, visited the site yesterday to assess the situation. This follows claims from 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. Mineral Resources Minister ...

Rescue efforts at a disused South African gold mine in Stilfontein have recovered six more bodies, bringing the death toll to 15. The operation, now in its second day, has led to the rescue of 34 ...

A cage set to retrieve hundreds of illegal miners from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein has been assembled. Picture: Nokukhanya Mntambo/EWN STILFONTEIN - The death toll in Stilfontein has ...

A Stilfontein community leader fears that the number of bodies of illegal miners underground will increase if survivors are not rescued promptly. Six bodies were retrieved on Tuesday and 26 on Monday.

An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by Wednesday afternoon, of whom 246 are alive. The others are bodies and human ...

South African authorities began their operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, about 95 miles west of Johannesburg, in November after some of those accused of mining underground ...

The entrance shaft of an abandoned mine is seen in Stilfontein on January 14, 2025. More than two dozen illegal miners have been rescued and at least 15 bodies recovered from an abandoned gold ...