An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but certainly not one of the kingpins.

As It Happens6:10'Please pray for us,' says sister of missing South African miner as ... points at the Stilfontein mine in August, while hundreds of men were still working inside.

Sebei described what happened at the disused Stilfontein mine as a massacre ... Bring us food or take us out quickly,” an illegal miner who seems to have recorded the video is heard saying.

Read: Bodies and emaciated zama zamas being recovered from Stilfontein mine This week, the government provided a crane to rescuers, in line with a court settlement with a miner’s family ...

"It's because when I spoke to the miners, they told me some of them had to eat other [people] inside the mine because ... was close to the disused mine in Stilfontein. The 36-year-old, who had ...

"It's because when I spoke to the miners, they told me some of them had to eat other [people] inside the mine because there was ... the township of Khuma that was close to the disused mine in ...

South African police launched a challenging operation at an illegal gold mine near Stilfontein, where a camera was used to investigate the depths for potential survivors or corpses. This follows a ...

Mines Rescue Services (MRS), under the leadership of Mannas Fourie, recently saved 246 illegal miners (zama-zamas) who were trapped in an abandoned mineshaft in Stilfontein ... for any miners or ...

Community members and workers hold banners as they gather to protest during the rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein on 14 January 2025.

One of the illegal miners who were rescued from the disused mines at Stilfontein has died in hospital ... Spokesperson Tshegofatso Mothibedi said the miner was admitted at Klerksdorp/Tshepong ...