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

About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...

In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...

Africa’s mining sector faces ongoing challenges in 2024, including political uncertainty, infrastructure issues, and safety ...

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

Alleged Stilfontein illegal mining ... he was never booked into a station or admitted to a local hospital. North West Acting Police Commissioner Patrick Asaneng suspects corruption among his ...

It would also reduce embarrassment for the government from bad press across the world, such as that around the Stilfontein crisis, where there was evidence that police, under a directive from the ...

READ: North West police to withdraw from Stilfontein mine - Asaneng A metal cage was used to extract more than 240 miners alive from the disused shaft and pull out 78 bodies. It was the ...

Police maintain 24-hour surveillance over closed mining site as Stilfontein community grapples with the aftermath of Operation Valumgodi But for Rita and many others in Khuma, the reality is far ...