JOHANNESBURG - Four police officers suspected of assisting the escape of James Neo Tshwaeli a mining kingpin have been ...

JOHANNESBURG - The North West led the pack for the most arrests by the Hawks between October and December 2024. Close to ...

Four police officers in North West have been arrested in connection with the escape from lawful custody of James 'Tiger' ...

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

The bodies were discovered during an intense four-day rescue operation from Monday, 13 January. A total of 246 survivors, ...

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

The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger.

The Sunday Mail Amb Hamadziripi Tanyaradzwa Rusike AT LEAST 20 Zimbabwean nationals lost their lives after being trapped in ...

A second miner has died in hospital after being pulled alive from an illegal South African gold mine from which 87 bodies were extracted, the government said Friday.

The leadership of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, an independent professional institute of international standing for over 130 years, notes with sadness the gravity of the ...

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

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...