Roodepoort rescuers racing against time to extract illegal miners trapped in toxic shaft
Rescue teams in Roodepoort are racing to save two illegal miners trapped in a collapsed shaft.
Rescue teams in Roodepoort are racing to save two illegal miners trapped in a collapsed shaft.
Despite being apprehended, police allege that community members and possibly law enforcement officials facilitated his escape before he could be ...
The EFF, in a statement, characterised his comments as “sadistic and dehumanising,” and accused him of using xenophobic rhetoric to ...
The Stilfontein rescue operation on Day Three ended with no survivors found underground, only unidentified remains. Here’s what happened during ...
Released on Christmas Day, the letter paints a grim picture of life in the abandoned Stilfontein shafts.
Eskom’s technicians have been working around the clock to expedite repairs, but threats from illegal mining activities in the area ...
Authorities estimate that more than 100 miners remain trapped in the abandoned mine shaft.
South Africa’s illicit gold trade is lucrative and controlled by gangs.
Six men were captured as they emerged from one of the abandoned, taking the total of illegal miners arrested in ...
In a statement, North West police confirmed that "of the 17 illegal miners, 14 resurfaced from Margaret Shaft and three ...
The state of the gold bars, irregular in shape, not neatly moulded or standardised like investment-grade gold bullion, suggests they ...
The court accepted the State's argument, stating that the responsibility for safety measures lies primarily with Buffelsfontein Gold Mines, the ...
When interviewed, the captured miners painted a different picture of what was allegedly unfolding in the gold mine.
According to reports, a suspect reportedly demanded a 30% cut from the rescue team, tasked with aiding illegal miners believed to ...
Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi rejects calls to distribute ARVs to Stilfontein illegal miners without prescriptions.
A handwritten note, believed to be from the miners, surfaced, detailing their urgent need for ARVs and raising concerns about ...
The ruling requires authorities to reopen access routes at the disused mine to allow emergency services to assist hundreds of ...
The arrest, made during a targeted operation on Thursday, resulted in the seizure of mining equipment valued at R3 million.
One body has been recovered from the Stilfontein mine, where over 4,000 illegal miners remain trapped as government officials stand ...
According to SAPS and SANDF officials, the trapped miners are now pleading for essential supplies like water and food as ...
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