SAHRC said any approach towards the situation of the trapped illegal miners, must adhere to human rights principles.

Operation Vala Umgodi task team in the North West province has reiterated the call to those illegal miners who are still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return to the surface.

Police and underground miners in Stilfontein have been at odds for a number of days. As a result, the local police began to ...

Gun Free South Africa calls for stricter firearm laws as gun deaths surpass road traffic fatalities in South Africa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has deployed an additional 1,100 soldiers from the South African National Defence Force to assist the police in fighting ill ...

The South African National Defence Force has deployed 1,100 members across the country to assist police with illegal mining ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of more than 1 000 soldiers to help police tackle illegal mining and ...

Police have confiscated mining equipment used in illegal operations at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West.

Two weeks ago, Vala Umgodi task teams led by the SAPS and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) blocked channels used to deliver food, water and other necessities to suspected illegal ...

The Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu is expected to visit the Stilfontein Mine in the North West where thousands of zama zamas ...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga, together with Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, will this morning (Friday ...

The SAPS task team in the North West has called on those illegal miners still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return ...