An illegal miner lifted from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein has died in hospital, raising the death toll to 88 since last August.
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
The Buffelsfontein mine disaster, marked by loss of life and political division, underscores South Africa’s failure to ...
A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...
Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...
Seventy-five unidentified bodies of illegal miners are being held in various government mortuaries in the North West.
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
Under the banner of the Stilfontein Solidarity Committee, over 100 protesters gathered outside the offices of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in Pretoria on Wednesday. They called for ...