Four police officers were arrested and appeared in court in connection with the escape of James Neo Tshoaeli, the Lesotho ...

In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...

An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but ...

The man died on Thursday in a hospital to which 33 miners were admitted after a three-day operation that ended on January 16 ...

During a three-day national rescue operation, 246 suspected illegal miners were medically assessed by healthcare ...

The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger.

Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

The accused appeared before the Stilfontein Magistrate's Court on Friday and were released on R1 000 bail each.

Police have been searching for Tiger since he resurfaced from shaft 11 in Stilfontein during a rescue mission earlier this ...

Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...