Four police officers were arrested and appeared in court in connection with the escape of James Neo Tshoaeli The four officers are charged with defeating the ends of justice and aiding a prisoner ...

The Mobile Mines Rescue Winder on the scene of the Stilfontein mine rescue mission. Photos: Supplied The Stilfontein mine tragedy, where at least 78 people lost their lives, underscores the ...

notes with sadness the gravity of the human tragedy that occurred at Stilfontein in the North West Province of South Africa over the last few weeks. The death of at least seventy-eight miners ...

The kingpin of an allegedly illegal mining network in Stilfontein has managed to evade arrest. Police are searching for Lesotho national named James Neo Tshoaeli. He reportedly disappeared after ...

North West Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng, has ordered maximum resources to be mobilised in finding an alleged Stilfontein mining kingpin. This comes after James Neo ...

Extensive investigations and tracing operations are underway to find those officials who aided his escape between shaft 11 and the Stilfontein police holding cells. According to records ...

The government-led operation to retrieve illegal miners from Stilfontein concluded. Picture: EWN STILFONTEIN, North West - The community of Stilfontein has returned to normalcy after an ...

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STILFONTEIN, South Africa. (AP) — Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and wracking coughs echoed in the ...

But local community members, civil society groups and labour unions have denounced the Stilfontein crackdown ... Africa takes centre stage as South Africa maps ambitious G20 agenda Authorities ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies to the miners working illegally in the mine's tunnels. The tactic ...

The Stilfontein mining disaster has resurfaced as a controversial issue for Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, with community leaders holding her accountable for the tragedy.