On Monday, authorities on site together with community rescue teams received a note from the illegal miners written in Zulu ...

Police officers escort community members to a mine shaft to negotiate with miners underground to resurface in Stilfontein on 13 November 2024. Picture: Emmanuel Croset / AFP A plan is in place to ...

The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on Amana, the largest organization involved in illegal settlement development in the ...

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has asked illegal miners to keep off Adamawa State, vowing that he will not fold his hands and let ...

The traditional leaders organisation, Contralesa, has lambasted the Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni for her ...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and ...

The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed in underground shafts to the ...

Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein ...

The Stilfontein mine is a crime scene,” Ramaphosa said, adding that police must secure the area while ensuring the miners' ...

The country has been urged to adopt the Debt-for-Nature swap approach to help fight the illegal mining menace, known locally ...