Illegal miners at a disused SA shaft are starving because police are limiting supplies in an attempt to force out those underground.

Hundreds of illegal miners remain underground at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein after police allegedly cut off their supplies to ‘smoke them...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 18 (Reuters) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 18 (Reuters) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the Stilfontein mine a "crime scene" after a stand-off with illegal miners holed-up in a mine shaft that was no...

Zuko Komisa In the North West’s Stilfontein, an illegal miner’s body was recovered from an abandoned mine shaft. The illegal miners are refusing...

An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them...

South African police say a court order will not prevent them from cracking down on illegal miners hiding in disused shafts Read Full Article at...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has accused the Stilfontein community of exacerbating the crisis of illegal mining in the North West. His comments come...

The question arises whether the police are complying with the law by starving these illegal miners out of mine shafts?