On Monday, six illegal miners resurfaced in Stilfontein at the Margaret shaft and on Thursday, four more resurfaced at Margaret Shaft and two at Buffelsfontein Shaft number 10. The police said that ...

Macua added that the high court’s decision to not force the government and the Buffelsfontein mine to rescue the miners is “legally and morally untenable”. It said the court “acknowledged ...

Myburgh explained that there are three shafts used as entry and exit points — Margaret Shaft, Buffelsfontein shaft 10 and Buffelsfontein shaft 11. More illegal miners were still making their way ...

“Of the 26 illegal miners, four resurfaced at Margaret Shaft and 22 at Buffelsfontein shaft no 10,” explained North West police spokesperson Adele Myburgh. According to police, the group ...

They are part of a group of so-called zama-zamas who resurfaced from the Magaret and Buffelsfontein shafts this week. ALSO READ: 26 more illegal miners resurfaced from Stilfontein mine this ...

ALSO READ: MACUA heads to court to halt govt from violating rights of zama zamas in Stilfontein Four of them resurfaced from the Magaret shaft and 22 at the Buffelsfontein shaft No. 10.

After weeks working — then later, trapped and starved by violent gang leaders — in the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, he clung weakly to a makeshift pulley winching him to ...

The Democratic Alliance notes the scathing judgment of a Full Bench of the Western Cape High Court in the appeal of John Hlophe and the MK Party against the decision taken in September granting an ...

The outcome of the negotiations in the Clearing House Mechanism’s task team is a win-win compromise that enables the BELA Act to be implemented without undermining existing constitutional rights to ...

Hundreds of informal miners were trapped in the shaft of an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, after police blocked the exit in November as part of its Operation Vala UmGodi (Operation Close the ...

The initial estimates that hundreds of illegal miners were holed up underground seem to be close to the mark as no less than 53 miners had emerged from the Buffelsfontein gold mine shafts by ...

Community members demand immediate government intervention to rescue zama zamas trapped in Buffelsfontein goldmine, amid concerns over police handling and media involvement The Mining Affected ...