The illegal miner said the idea of eating human flesh started as a joke among those trapped underground. But as time marched ...

Attention at Stilfontein mine in the North West has turned to a rehabilitation process of all identified shafts.

South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

The bodies of 78 zama zamas were recovered from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...

Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal ...

As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.

Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor argues that government indecision and police actions led to the tragic deaths of 78 zama ...

Stilfontein Crisis Committee is contemplating charging the government with murder following the discovery of over 70 miners.

Some of the zama zamas are believed to have starved to death after police cut off food and water supply during an operation ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

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