The Stilfontein Magistrates’ Court has sentenced the second batch of illegal miners on New Years’ Eve for illicit mining and related charges.

They were each handed down six months imprisonment or a R12,000 fine for illegal mining and an additional three months in ...

The convicted illegal miners include 10 Basotho, four Mozambicans and five Zimbabwean nationals who have now been deported to ...

The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) says funding has been secured for a drone to examine the conditions at the abandoned mine in Stilfontein, North West, wher ...

This group faced charges of illicit mining and contravention of the Immigration Act. Their deportation was carried out on ...