As of 13:30 on Wednesday, the number of deceased suspected illegal miners extracted from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

National police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said from the illegal miners, 128 were are from Mozambique, 80 are ...

STILFONTEIN - Two bodies of illegal miners recovered underground at the Stilfontein mine shaft have been identified. Police ...

In a statement, police said 51 bodies had been retrieved by Tuesday night, following nine the previous day. The 106 survivors ...

The South African government faces criticism over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners trapped during a police siege ...

“This tragedy is eerily reminiscent of the Marikana massacre, where 34 miners were killed by live ammunition in a ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mnatashe, visited the area yesterday, to monitor ...

With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the ...

The recovery of the remains of illegal miners comes as mine rescue teams kick off an intense operation to retrieve zama zamas ...

Two volunteers are at the forefront of a government-sanctioned rescue mission to retrieve illegal miners from Shaft 11 at the ...

Sixty bodies have been removed from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, months into a campaign to try to clear out illegal ...