In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...
South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...
The government says they are robbing South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold. Authorities said that more than 1,500 people have been arrested for mining illegally in the Stilfontein ...
In South Africa, a months-long standoff between police and illegal gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in ...
South African police are searching for a Lesotho gang leader, known as 'Tiger', who escaped during a police operation at an ...
The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...
Illegal Mining Ringleader Escaped During South Africa Disaster With Help From Officers, Police Say JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped ...