The convicted illegal miners include 10 Basotho, four Mozambicans and five Zimbabwean nationals who have now been deported to ...

A harrowing account of the Stilfontein crisis was shared with Bizcommunity as government grapples with balancing justice and ...

They were each handed down six months imprisonment or a R12,000 fine for illegal mining and an additional three months in ...

Residents and human rights groups have reportedly criticized South African authorities for blocking food and water supplies ...

Drone technology will be deployed to assess the dire conditions at Stilfontein mineshafts, as activists push for urgent ...

The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) says funding has been secured for a drone to examine the conditions at the abandoned mine in Stilfontein, North West, wher ...

This group faced charges of illicit mining and contravention of the Immigration Act. Their deportation was carried out on ...

According to Natjoints, the Stilfontein mine rescue operation is "not as easy as it seems; it is quite complex".

Stilfontein in North West province is at the center of South Africa's fight against illegal mining. Several illegal miners ...

The organisation has made an urgent application for direct access and leave to appeal directly to the apex court to compel ...

Civil society organizations are expressing deep concern for illegal miners, known as zama zamas, still trapped in abandoned ...

An organisation representing mining communities has now approached the Constitutional Court to force government to save the ...