Rescue operations in Stilfontein, North West, where over 4 000 illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground, were ...

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

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

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

PRETORIA - The High Court in Pretoria has ordered the unblocking of access to the disused mine shaft in Stilfontein, to allow emergency services to reach scores of illegal miners. The zama-zamas have ...

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

Rescue operations involving volunteers ongoing in Stilfontein amid reports that hundreds are still trapped underground.

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

STILFONTEIN, North West - Calls are mounting for the South African Police Service to grant space to illegal miners who remain underground at North West's Orkney and Stilfontein shafts, to return to ...

This follows a court order which said the mine-shaft in Stilfontein, around 90 miles (145km) south-west of Johannesburg, ...

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

The government has refused assistance to a group of illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine in North West province as ...