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 ...

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 ...

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

The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed in underground shafts to the ...

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

SOUTH Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and ...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft and the ...

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

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

SOUTH Africa's crackdown on illegal mining has lurched into a dilemma. This as thousands of miners remain trapped underground ...