One of the volunteers who went into the Stilfontein mine shaft has painted a grim picture of the conditions underground.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has delivered a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging him to set up a commission of ...

A technical team driving an operation to shutdown an illicit mining network sent high-tech equipment down shaft 11 earlier on ...

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee says even though all surviving illegal miners have rescued, the shaft is littered with body ...

In a police crackdown at an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, 78 people died and hundreds were rescued. The ...

Police have arrested suspected illegal mining kingpins who allegedly tortured, assaulted, starved and killed zama zamas at ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has emphasised the urgent need for a comprehensive investigation into the Buffelsfontein Mine in ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by ...

South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...

More than 250 illegal miners have been retrieved since the start of phase three this week, with 78 dead bodies being recovered.