Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...
Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...
The accused appeared before the Stilfontein Magistrate's Court on Friday and were released on R1 000 bail each.
The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally designed and manufactured Mobile Mines Rescue Winder (MMRW), equipped with ...
Rescuers have hoisted illegal miners and several bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa ... company sent a large cage into the mine shaft near Stilfontein, about 140km (90 miles ...
Discover how South Africa's innovative Mobile Mines Rescue Winder played a pivotal role in rescuing 246 miners from the ...
The South African government has said the siege of the Stilfontein mine is necessary to fight illegal ... charges of being in possession of gold. The government crackdown, part of an operation ...