North West police have dismissed reports that illegal mining kingpin James “Tiger” Tsoaeli, who escaped from custody in Stilfontein, has died. Tsoaeli resurfaced from a shaft at the Buffelsfontein ...

After six months trapped underground, roughly 246 illegal miners were rescued at Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, in mid-January following a court order and intense public ...

We are told that illegal mining is the crime of the desperate—the work of faceless shadows, scurrying underground like ghosts ...

Andrew Grant has received grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Benjamin Ofosu-Atuahene has received funding in the form of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) After six months trapped underground, roughly 246 illegal miners were rescued at Buffelsfontein Gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, in mid-January following a court ...

The case against four police officers linked to the escape of an alleged illegal mining ringleader in Stilfontein, in the ...

POTCHEFSTROOM — The process to identify 93 bodies of suspected illegal miners retrieved from Buffelsfontein Gold Mine' shaft No. 11 between Tuesday, 03 December 2024 and Wednesday 15 January ...

After six months trapped underground, roughly 246 illegal miners were rescued at Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, in mid-January following a court order and intense public outcry ...

Additionally, in 2024 South Africa blockaded access to the Buffelsfontein gold mine west of Johannesburg, cutting off food and water in an attempt to force hundreds of miners to the surface.