The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed in underground shafts to the ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that hundreds of illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine shaft must ...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and ...

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

Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein ...

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has asked illegal miners to keep off Adamawa State, vowing that he will not fold his hands and let ...

On Monday, authorities on site together with community rescue teams received a note from the illegal miners written in Zulu ...

The Stilfontein mine is a crime scene,” Ramaphosa said, adding that police must secure the area while ensuring the miners' ...

LOCAL communities have started offering support of emergency supplies to illegal miners trapped in the Buffelsfontein mine, ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa described the Stilfontein mine as a “crime scene”, on Monday, as he called for a peaceful resolution to the standoff at the disused mine shaft, where illegal miners are holed ...

We need to be clear that the activities of these miners are illegal. They pose a risk to our economy, communities and ...

Police officers escort community members to a mine shaft to negotiate with miners underground to resurface in Stilfontein on 13 November 2024. Picture: Emmanuel Croset / AFP A plan is in place to ...