South African government says no to rescue trapped illegal miners
South Africa's government refuses to aid illegal miners trapped in closed mine, part of crackdown on illegal mining.
More than 4 000 illegal miners remain trapped amid Operation Val’ Umgodi in Stilfontein
There is still at least 4 000 illegal miners still trapped inside one of the abandoned mine shaft which is the centre of ...
LEADERSHIP Newspaper57m
ANI Raises The Alarm Over Invasion By Illegal Miners
The African Nature Investors (ANI), yesterday, called on the federal government to wade into the activities of illegal miners ...
EWN Sport38m
Miners underground: It's a wait-and-see game as SAPS await their emergence
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 ...
SABC49m
Recovery operation at Stilfontein is dangerous: SAPS
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 ...
EWN Sport43m
AMCU hits out at govt for wasting 'our scarce resources' on fighting illegal mining
The body of one illegal miner has also been retrieved amid concerns that food and water supplies to the underground illegal ...
gov.za57m
Police and Defence visit North West in response to illegal mining incident, 15 Nov
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 ...