South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West ...

As five illegal miners resurfaced on Thursday and a partly decomposed body brought out of an old mine in Stilfontein, North ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) estimates that 350 to 400 illegal miners are refusing to resurface from an abandoned ...

"When they come out, we will arrest them." South African police and military forces leading the operation to detain the ...

The South African Police Service and the army have been redeployed to the area as part of ongoing efforts to fight illegal ...

The body of one illegal miner has also been retrieved amid concerns that food and water supplies to the underground illegal ...

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said it will conduct a fact-finding mission on Thursday after receiving ...

Police have blocked off entrances and exits in an effort to compel the miners to come out. This is part of the Vala Umgodi, ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has announced, through Operation Vala Umgodi, that since 18 October 2024, 1 004 ...

South Africa’s North West was the proverbial “happy hunting ground” for soldiers deployed as part of the SA Army Light Modern ...

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining ...