Last week, more than 1,000 of the illegal miners emerged from a mine shaft in Orkney, after running out of food and water and ...

South Africa's government refuses to aid illegal miners trapped in closed mine, part of crackdown on illegal mining.

The body of one illegal miner has also been retrieved amid concerns that food and water supplies to the underground illegal ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu accompanied by representatives from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) are expected to visit the Stilfontein area in the North West later today. This after ...

The African Nature Investors (ANI), yesterday, called on the federal government to wade into the activities of illegal miners ...

Ministries of Police and Defence to visit North West in response to ongoing illegal mining incident. The Ministry of Police, together with the Ministry of Defence, will visit the ...