Gcina Lepheana had been working deep in the illegal mine for five months when, in October last year, deliveries ...

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

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

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

South Africa's mining industry faces a crisis, with over 6,000 abandoned mines posing safety risks and economic challenges ...

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.

People from Pakistan, Ethiopia, and the DRC are the latest nationalities to join the illegal mining activities in the North West province.

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 ...

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

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

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