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.

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 ...

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 ...

An illegal miner who was retrieved by law enforcement at the Stilfontein shaft in the North West has revealed disturbing information about the living conditions they had to endure and the grim ...