Gcina Lepheana had been working deep in the illegal mine for five months when, in October last year, deliveries ...
The highly specialised equipment of emergency preparedness and response organisation Mines Rescue Services South Africa ...
Cabinet has commended the South African Police Service efforts to combat illegal mining through Operation Vala Umgodi, which ...
Spread This NewsSowetan Live Only three of the 93 illegal miners who died at Stilfontein have been claimed by their families ...
After months of stalemate, South African emergency services have already saved 34 illegal miners from a stalled gold mine ...
HARARE - The Zimbabwean government has issued a call for assistance in identifying Zimbabwean nationals who died during ...
Police in North West are still in the process of identifying bodies of illegal miners retrieved during the operation that ended in January.
These individuals were among 93 suspected illegal miners, known as zama zamas, whose bodies were retrieved from the mine between December and January. Authorities continue the ...
After six months trapped underground, roughly 246 illegal miners were rescued at Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, in mid-January following a court order and intense public outcry ...
At least 100 illegal miners are said to have died in an illegal mine in Stilfontein, about 150 kilometers southwest of ...
The issue gained public attention when police launched Operation Vala Umgodi, an effort to remove illegal miners from ...