Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...

The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.

Senzo Mchunu's comments seem more conciliatory than those of a cabinet minister who previously said the government would not ...

Police in South Africa say they won't help a group of illegal miners trapped underground in North West province.

The body of an illegal miner has been recovered from the Stilfontein mine in the North West. The decomposed body was ...

Operation Vala Umgodi task team in the North West province has reiterated the call to those illegal miners who are still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return to the surface.

Hundreds or even thousands of people are trapped in a gold mine in South Africa's North West Province. Trapped, that is, by authorities waiting to arrest them for illegal mining. Relatives have been ...

The SA Human Rights Commission is investigating an allegation by a community member of Stilfontein in the North West that the ...

South Africa’s government says it will not help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West Province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official ...

Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo says the department is satisfied with the quality of the maintenance work ...