A total of 246 illegal miners have been retrieved and arrested since rescue missions started earlier this week at shaft 11 in Stilfontein, North West. National police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Picture: Gallo Images/Deaan Vivier Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has defended the government’s response to rescuing ...

Four police officers arrested in connection with the escape of illegal mining kingpin James “Tiger” Tsoaeli in Stilfontein, North West, have been granted bail. Tsoaeli resurfaced from a shaft at the ...

Acting provincial police commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng on Thursday highlighted that police officers were central to the inexplicable escape of the alleged kingpin at ...

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 ...

Chants of “Stilfontein is now! We want justice on the ground!” and “Justice for the miners” reverberated on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Wednesday, 5 February 2025, as local ...

Only 26 South Africans were among the almost 2,000 zama zamas who resurfaced alive from the Stilfontein illegal mining operations. SAPS national spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said their operation ...

Stilfontein will and must be remembered as one of the worst tragedies we have witnessed in the 30 years of democracy in South Africa. From August last year, 87 artisanal miners were deserted and hung ...

Rescue operations are in full swing at the disused mine in Stilfontein in the North West. Over 50 frail zama zamas, as well as several bodies, were brought to the surface on Tuesday afternoon (14 ...

With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the country’s black market for illicit gold. STILFONTEIN - Police Minister Senzo ...

Hundreds of unemployed men in Khuma township between Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom in the North West were allegedly recruited to an abandoned shaft with promises of lucrative wages only to end up in a ...