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

In South Africa, more than thirty years after the end of apartheid, the lives of people who are black and poor are not counted as human lives. We are murdered with impunity and left to die with ...

Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...

Police are throwing "maximum resources" into a manhunt for Lesotho man, James Neo Tshoaeli, known as Tiger, who is believed ...

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

Alleged Stilfontein illegal mining ringleader James “Tiger” Neo Tshoaeli’s escape from police custody was likely facilitated ...

The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has slammed government over its handling of the Stilfontein tragedy, ...

Acting provincial police commissioner Major General Patrick Asaneng is furious and frustrated that suspected illegal mining ...

Tiger’, a Lesotho national, is implicated in several statements as one of the ringleaders who controlled operations ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has hit back at accusations that the government is to blame for the ...

South African authorities began their operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, about 95 miles west of ...

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