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

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

On Wednesday, IOL also reported that South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has castigated government for the ...

Blinded by the bright summer sun, haggard survivors staggered across ochre soil mixed with rubble near Stilfontein. Their ...

We will stay here until we have taken out all the people who are willing to climb into the cage,' says Andries Fourie, CEO of ...

In South Africa, authorities have retrieved at least 60 bodies from the Stilfontein gold mine following a siege aimed at ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

One hundred and eighteen illegal miners have been extracted from the Stilfontein mine in South Africa on Monday and Tuesday ...

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

To date, more than 1500 individuals involved in illegal mining have surfaced and been apprehended at the Buffelsfontein Gold ...

Operations continue at Stilfontein mine following an order by the Gauteng High Court instructing the government to rescue ...