21 more ‘illegal’ miners resurface at Stilfontein shafts
A total of 21 suspected illegal miners resurfaced from various shafts in Stilfontein, North West, on Monday. This was confirmed […]
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4 more illegal miners resurface in Stilfontein
JOHANNESBURG – Four more illegal miners have resurfaced from an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, as efforts to retrieve hundreds of
Aid for Stilfontein illegal miners' survival – not prolonged activity, says union
Humanitarian aid supplied to illegal miners at Stilfontein mine in the North West is not intended to sustain prolonged underground
Supplies yet to reach Stilfontein zama zamas as four more resurface
Suspected illegal miners underground at two shafts in Stilfontein, North West, may be in for a longer wait for much-needed
Illegal mining | Ramaphosa vows to deal with zama zamas
JOHANNESBURG – You can hide, but you can’t escape the law. That’s the message from ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa to
The violent underworld of Stilfontein’s zama zamas
An abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein that zama zamas used before the Vala Umgodi clampdown. Photo: Kimon de Greef Late
'What happens underground is hell' – Man describes life in the bowels of the earth
Zama zamas refer to their underground home as emgodini – the place beneath the earth. Marizanne Kok www.news24.com
Illegal mining | Zama zama extraction process resumes
JOHANNESBURG – Efforts to extract illegal miners from abandoned shafts in Stilfontein will resume on Monday. It comes as more
Pretoria High Court grants emergency aid to illegal miners amid police crackdown
On Sunday, the Pretoria High Court granted Lawyers for Human Rights an interim order that will allow community members and