Scores of zama zama's who were retrieved from the Stilfontein mine in North West is expected to appear before court.

The illegal miner said the idea of eating human flesh started as a joke among those trapped underground. But as time marched ...

The government launched a rescue operation following a court-order mission that is focused on retrieving those trapped, ...

South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.

This is arguably the worst mass murder of miners due to state actions and a series of decisions since the dawn of democracy, ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal ...

Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor argues that government indecision and police actions led to the tragic deaths of 78 zama ...

Political parties in South Africa are demanding a commission of inquiry into the deaths of miners at the Stilfontein mines, ...

The bodies of 78 zama zamas were recovered from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to shut down an elaborate illicit mining network in the area.

Opinion - Official communiqués have reduced the Stilfontein dead and emaciated to children of a lesser God, as if the State's representatives neither know nor care that the Buffelsfontein mine was ...