The leadership of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, an independent professional institute of international standing for over 130 years, notes with sadness the gravity of the ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

The calls come after close to 80 dead bodies were pulled from an abandoned gold mine this week in a government-led operation to shutdown illicit mining networks in the North West. Mineral ...

The South African government faces criticism over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners trapped during a police siege at a Stilfontein gold mine. As the rescue mission continues, 132 survivors ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended ... Patrick Asaneng, the acting police commissioner for North West province. The announcement brought a sudden end to a disaster that ...

In South Africa, authorities have retrieved at least 60 bodies from the Stilfontein gold mine following a siege aimed at curbing illegal mining. The operation, which has arrested survivors for illegal ...

Johannesburg: A total of 118 illegal miners were brought to the surface during rescue operations at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein in South Africa's North West Province, with 36 confirmed ...

open image in gallery The government of the Republic of South Africa launch a rescue operation to extract the illegal workers at the abandoned Stilfontein mine in North West, South Africa (Anadolu ...

X: Gwede Mantashe Over 50 bodies have been retrieved from the abandoned shaft 11 at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in the North West ... Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa) shared a video ...

(250114) -- STILFONTEIN (SOUTH AFRICA), Jan. 14, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Police officers and forensic pathology service members work during a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, North ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province ... have been pulled from the Stilfontein mine, South African police ...