North West Police say investigations into the whereabouts of alleged illegal mining kingpin Neo 'Tiger' Tshoaeli are at an ...

The highly specialised equipment of emergency preparedness and response organisation Mines Rescue Services South Africa ...

The North West has registered a 3.9% drop in the number of criminal cases reported, although illegal mining remains a thorn ...

Four National Intervention Unit (NIU) officers, part of Operation Vala Umgodi at Stilfontein, appeared in court for aiding an ...

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 ...

Illegal mining is not just the domain of zama zamas but extends to politically shielded elites who have looted billions from ...

The case against four police officers accused of aiding an alleged mining kingpin's escape has been postponed, as ...

A 66-year-old Stilfontein man has been handed a life sentence after he was convicted of raping his granddaughter over a period of five years. Police said the grandfather began raping the young ...

James Neo Tshwaeli, also known as “Tiger,” reportedly escaped from custody after being rescued from an abandoned mine shaft ...

Since August 2024, more than 1,000 illegal miners surfaced from the abandoned shafts in Stilfontein and 87 bodies were also retrieved. The commission of inquiry will sit in May this year ...

THE South African Police Service (SAPS) is struggling to identify 79 of the 88 bodies of illegal miners retrieved from the Stilfontein mine shaft last month.