where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ...

An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but ...

North West police have confirmed the death of yet another suspected illegal miner at Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein.

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

Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal ...

The man died on Thursday in a hospital to which 33 miners were admitted after a three-day operation that ended on January 16 ...

During a three-day national rescue operation, 246 suspected illegal miners were medically assessed by healthcare ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee says even though all surviving illegal miners have rescued, the shaft is littered with body ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...

Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has slammed government over its handling of the Stilfontein tragedy, ...

Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of South African miners.