Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that hundreds of illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine shaft must ...

The Stilfontein mine is a crime scene,” Ramaphosa said, adding that police must secure the area while ensuring the miners' ...

We need to be clear that the activities of these miners are illegal. They pose a risk to our economy, communities and ...

On Monday, authorities on site together with community rescue teams received a note from the illegal miners written in Zulu ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called for a peaceful resolution to the standoff at a disused mine shaft in Stilfontein town North ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa described the Stilfontein mine as a “crime scene”, on Monday, as he called for a peaceful resolution to the standoff at the disused mine shaft, where illegal miners are holed ...

A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a ...

According to the SAPS, hundreds of zama zamas are believed to be underground in the abandoned mine in Stilfontein, North West ...

Police officers escort community members to a mine shaft to negotiate with miners underground to resurface in Stilfontein on 13 November 2024. Picture: Emmanuel Croset / AFP A plan is in place to ...

South African police say they will continue to arrest any illegal miners who emerge from a disused gold mine where hundreds, ...

STILFONTEIN - A plan has been set in motion to rescue hundreds, if not thousands, of illegal miners at an abandoned shaft in Stilfontein in the North ... zama zamas underground at the old ...