Police have cut water and food supplies to the miners, insisting that they will not negotiate with ‘criminals’ ...

Police in the North West have confirmed that three more suspected illegal miners have emerged from an abandoned mine shaft in ...

The National Union of Mineworkers (Num) has accused the government of failing to put an end to illegal mining. The union was ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of more than 1 000 soldiers to help police tackle illegal mining and ...

Hundreds of illegal miners remain underground at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein after police allegedly cut off their ...

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ Commission) has noted reports regarding the ongoing operation “Vala Umgodi” ...

In the past few weeks, over 1,000 miners have surfaced at various mines in North West province, with many reported to be weak ...

The Boksburg arrests come as the country's security agencies are grappling with an estimated 4000 illegal gold miners who are ...

A body was brought out Thursday of an abandoned gold mine shaft in South Africa where hundreds of illegal miners were ...

The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan ...

As five illegal miners resurfaced on Thursday and a partly decomposed body brought out of an old mine in Stilfontein, North ...