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

The prevalence of illegal mining was brought into sharp focus by the prolonged removal of zama zamas from the unused ...

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

SOUTH African opposition leader has called for foreign nationals involved in illegal mining to be sentenced to death. This ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging ...

Macua spokesperson Magnificent Mndebele on Friday slammed utterances from Kunene and ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba on the illegal miners in Stilfontein. Kunene reportedly said on Thursday that he ...

Since Monday, 246 zama zamas were rescued and 78 bodies recovered. That brings the total number of miners retrieved to 1,907 since August.

He is one of nearly 2,000 illegal miners who have surfaced from the mine near the town of Stilfontein since August last year when police targeted it as part of an operation that aims to tackle the ...