Africa’s mining sector faces ongoing challenges in 2024, including political uncertainty, infrastructure issues, and safety ...

Rita de Sonsa wipes the sweat from her brow as she stands behind the counter of her once-bustling liquor store in Stilfontein. The rhythmic hum of customers that once filled the air has been ...

The Mobile Mines Rescue Winder on the scene of the Stilfontein mine rescue mission. Photos: Supplied The Stilfontein mine tragedy, where at least 78 people lost their lives, underscores the ...

Now at least 78 miners have died in Stilfontein after enduring horrific conditions as a result of the police barricading them into a mine shaft. The police blocked the exit of the mine leaving ...

Alleged Stilfontein illegal mining ringleader James “Tiger” Neo Tshoaeli’s escape from police custody was likely facilitated before he even reached the surface. Police have been searching ...

The man died on Thursday in a hospital to which 33 miners were admitted after a three-day operation that ended on January 16 to clear the abandoned mine at Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg.

The crisis at a disused gold mine in Stilfontein, North West, which has dragged on for months, has tested the ability of the government to curb illegal mining through Operation Vala Umgodi.

Rescuers use a Metalliferous Mobile Rescue Winder during a rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein on January 14, 2025. Picture: Christian Velcich ...

The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally designed and manufactured Mobile Mines Rescue Winder (MMRW), equipped with wo ...