North West MEC Wessels Morweng reacts with anger and disappointment to the escape of alleged Stilfontein mining kingpin James ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...

South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...

Acting Police Commissioner Patrick Asaneng expresses outrage over the escape of alleged illegal mining kingpin James Neo ...

In South Africa a months long stand-off between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

There are increasing calls from local communities and human rights organisations for government intervention. The Mining Affected Communities United in Action has taken the issue to the ...

Read more: Crisis committee claims police are deliberately misleading the public on Stilfontein’s illegal miners “The right to access to food and the right to life are of paramount importance ...

Moeletsi was retrieved from Shaft 11 by the dedicated actions of the Stilfontein Community Rescue Team on December 9 and released on bail by the Stilfontein Magistrate’s Court on December 31.

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