The accused appeared before the Stilfontein Magistrate's Court on Friday and were released on R1 000 bail each.

Police in the North West have arrested five illegal miners who resurfaced at Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein. Two of the ...

Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...

North West Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng, has ordered the deployment of maximum resources to ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

As deposits dried up in Stilfontein, international companies departed and unemployment in the area surged past 90 percent. The jobless turned to illegal mining, retreating underground to search ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has described illegal mining in South Africa as a war being waged ...

Illegal mining is rife at some of South Africa ... where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe Accounts from ...

Some look painfully young. Operations to rescue hundreds of illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, a small mining town about 100 miles Southwest of Johannesburg, started Monday ...