Should the police have taken more care to reduce the risk that the operation would result in the loss of life? And is it ...

The spat between police and labour union, the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa), over allegations ...

The bodies of 78 Zama Zama's were pulled from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to ...

SAPS deny the mine shaft was bombed, as claimed by the union at the end of the state-funded rescue and recovery operation on ...

Mannas Fourie from Potchefstroom has rescued hundreds of zama zamas from mines. Over the past week in Stilfontein, his team ...

Following the tragic Stilfontein mine disaster that claimed 78 lives, civil society and political parties demand ...

In today’s news update, Saps condemned “misinformation” regarding the Stilfontein rescue efforts of illegal miners, while ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies for a period of time to the miners working illegally in the mine's ...

The South African Police Service defended itself against claims that it arrested a volunteer, released information about ...

Police have condemned the sharing of personal information about the retrieved illegal miners, as they are still suspects.

Almost 30 illegal miners were rescued on Monday during renewed operations at shaft 11 in Stilfontein, North West. The extraction of 26 miners and nine bodies on Monday followed the clearing of the ...

In South Africa, a government crackdown on an illegal gold mine led to a state siege, causing 78 deaths. Volunteers ...