At least 4000 zama zamas are believed to be underground in North West mines, and government says they will not assist them.

SAPS and SANDF top brass will visit North West on Friday, where over 4000 illegal miners are believed to be trapped ...

Expect partly sunny skies. The high will be 79°. Moderate air quality (51-100) Primary pollutant PM2.5 16 μg/m³ Wind felt on face; leaves rustle; wind vane moved by wind. Pressure is the weight of the ...

The Breakfast with Martin Bester team recently did ancestral DNA testing, which revealed their ancestral origins and where in ...

It seems doubtful that anything approaching an accurate roll call could have been undertaken in such circumstances. ‘Thumbsuck’ is the term that immediately comes to mind.

Five suspected illegal mine workers had been retrieved alive from a mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West, by late Wednesday ...

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the government will not provide assistance to the large group of illegal ...

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said it will conduct a fact-finding mission on Thursday after receiving ...

Cabinet has condemned the attack on the Mqhekezweni Great Place in the Eastern Cape which culminated in the death of ...

Last week, more than 1 000 illegal miners emerged from an abandoned mine shaft in Orkney, after being without water and food. Community leader in Stilfontein, Thembile Botman says, “We had a long ...

Community members have reportedly volunteered to go underground in an attempt to rescue the trapped illegal miners.