Tsoaeli resurfaced from a shaft at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine on 15 January during a government-sanctioned rescue mission to retrieve illegal miners, known as zama zamas. The site comprises ...

JOHANNESBURG - The SA Police Service (SAPS) says it is focused on tracking down the alleged kingpin behind illegal mining in Stilfontein. But the SAPS is also cautioning people not to make false ...

Their arrest follows the provincial police's call for relatives of the 78 bodies that were recovered at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine’s shaft number 11 during the mine rescue operation in ...

Earlier this month, Mathe stated that Tshwaeli is being identified in several statements as one of the ring leaders who controlled underground operations at the Buffelsfontein mine. "He is also ...

James Neo Tshwaeli, also known as “Tiger”, allegedly made a daring escape after being rescued from an abandoned mine shaft at the Buffelsfontein gold mine. Despite being under police surveillance, ...

The North West government has started to identify 78 deceased illegal miners whose bodies were retrieved from Shaft 11 at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein. The bodies were discovered during ...

The DA calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately establish an independent Commission of Inquiry into all aspects of what happened at Buffelsfontein mine so that those who have been derelict in ...