The kingpin of an allegedly illegal mining network in Stilfontein has managed to evade arrest. Police are searching for Lesotho national named James Neo Tshoaeli. He reportedly disappeared after ...
Last month, mine rescue experts called off the special operation in Stilfontein after a sweep of the shaft found no signs of life underground. ALSO READ: 43 bodies recovered from Stilfontein mine ...
The committee has been called on to immediately exercise its legislative oversight functions and convene an urgent public ...
Rescuers cross the caution tape near a Metalliferous Mobile Rescue Winder during a rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein on 13 January 2025.
Since August 2024, more than 1,000 illegal miners surfaced from the abandoned shafts in Stilfontein and 87 bodies were also retrieved. The commission of inquiry will sit in May this year ...
A South African Police Services (Saps) vehicle is parked near the mine shaft in Stilfontein on 17 November 2024. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP The South African Police Service (SAPS) has condemned ...
Stilfontein: Four cops granted bail after illegal mining kingpin escape as more zama zamas resurface
A South African Police Services (Saps) vehicle is parked near the mine shaft in Stilfontein on 17 November 2024. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP Four police officers arrested in connection with the ...
He "was part of a cohort of 33 illegal miners admitted at the hospital, under police guard" after resurfacing from a shaft in Stilfontein, about 140 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg ...
The spat between police and labour union, the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa), over allegations regarding the blasting of shaft 10 at Buffelfontein Gold Mine near ...
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Volunteers say Stilfontein shaft littered with body parts of miners who fell and died while trying to resurfaceThe Stilfontein Crisis Committee says even though all surviving illegal miners have seemingly been rescued from the disused mine shaft, and bodies of 78 deceased miners were brought to the surface ...
Police have promised tough action following the disappearance of an alleged Stilfontein zama zama kingpin and ringleader, known as 'Tiger,' who vanished without a trace after being rescued from ...
The Stilfontein mine shafts, long hotspots for illegal mining, have become a symbol of the desperation faced by thousands of miners seeking to make a living from disused mines. Many of these ...
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