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

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

National police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said from the illegal miners, 128 were are from Mozambique, 80 are ...

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 ...

Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor argues that government indecision and police actions led to the tragic deaths of 78 zama zamas in Stilfontein.

The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa is demanding the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry ...

A police operation in Stilfontein will continue, despite initial reports that there are "no longer any illegal miners ...

One hundred and eighteen illegal miners have been extracted from the Stilfontein mine in South Africa on Monday and Tuesday ...

South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...

The calls come after close to 80 dead bodies were pulled from an abandoned gold mine this week in a government-led operation to shutdown illicit mining networks in the North West.

As of 13:30 on Wednesday, the number of deceased suspected illegal miners extracted from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold ...