The police are limiting food and water supplies to force out the hundreds of people believed to be in a disused shaft. Read ...

A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a ...

RELIEF workers must be granted access to the Stilfontein mine where thousands of workers are believed to be trapped and in ...

Police cordoned off the shaft recently in a bid to shut down illegal mining activity at the abandoned mine – cutting off the ...

As authorities await for illegal miners trapped at the Stilfontein Gold Mine to resurface, the Gauteng High Court issued an ...

The SA Police Service (SAPS) says the interim court order issued by the North Gauteng High Court does not halt the police ...

Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a ...

A court says emergency workers must be allowed to enter a mine where hundreds are thought to be without food and water.

Members of the South African Police Service stationed at the abandoned Stilfontein mine shaft in the North West have finally ...

Earlier this week, community members in Stilfontein decided to enter the mine shaft and assist illegal miners to resurface.

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered the Stilfontein, North West, mine where hundreds of illegal miners are ...

Two illegal miners were rushed to the hospital after being brought to the surface from an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, ...