North West police have dismissed reports that illegal mining kingpin James “Tiger” Tsoaeli, who escaped from custody in Stilfontein, has died. Tsoaeli resurfaced from a shaft at the Buffelsfontein ...

5 ways to improve security governance The Buffelsfontein incident is a grim reminder that security governance cannot rely solely on policing tactics. Addressing the worsening socioeconomic cycle ...

The case against four police officers linked to the escape of an alleged illegal mining ringleader in Stilfontein, in the ...

POTCHEFSTROOM — The process to identify 93 bodies of suspected illegal miners retrieved from Buffelsfontein Gold Mine' shaft No. 11 between Tuesday, 03 December 2024 and Wednesday 15 January ...

We are told that illegal mining is the crime of the desperate—the work of faceless shadows, scurrying underground like ghosts ...

Four National Intervention Unit (NIU) officers, part of Operation Vala Umgodi at Stilfontein, appeared in court for aiding an ...

which resulted in the death of more than 80 Zama zamas at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near Stilfontein. Civil society organisations Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua ...

The highly specialised equipment of emergency preparedness and response organisation Mines Rescue Services South Africa ...

Lesotho national, James ‘Tiger’ Tshwaeli, resurfaced from the abandoned shaft 11 at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine during a government-led rescue operation but never made it to police holding cells.