President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of more than 1 000 soldiers to help police tackle illegal mining and ...

An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in ...

The South African Police Service and the army have been redeployed to the area as part of ongoing efforts to fight illegal ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and his deputy Cassel Mathale have conducted an oversight inspection in Stilfontein near ...

Police have confiscated mining equipment used in illegal operations at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West.

The body of an illegal miner has been recovered from the Stilfontein mine in the North West. The decomposed body was ...