A member of the South African Police Service died when the Toyota Hilus she was driving in overturned because of a flat tyre. Five others were injured.

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to survive, then left to starve.

A member of the South African Police Service died when the Toyota Hilus she was driving in overturned because of a flat tyre. Five others were injured.

North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management in the North West, Wessels Morweng has expressed anger and disappointed following reports of the alleged escape of one of the kingpins of illegal mining activities at Stilfontein.

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners said, after local authorities cut off vital supplies in a dramatic bid to crack down on the country’s illegal mining trade.

North West province's dam levels rise significantly as the Department of Water and Sanitation welcomes relief from recent rainfall after a challenging drought

(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng ...

An operation to rescue illegal gold miners stranded in deep underground shafts in South Africa’s North West province got under way on Monday, ending a months-long stand-off over their fate. Civil rights groups say at least 100 people have died from starvation since October when the authorities sealed off shafts at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein about 156km southwest of Johannesburg,

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water, and other essential supplies to miners trapped underground and delayed a rescue operation.

The 1925 discovery of diamonds on the Atlantic Coastal margin of Namaqualand (South Africa) between the Olifants and Orange ... with glittering-baubles along the shorelines of the north-west Namaqualand coastline. Early Europeans venturing into Namaqualand ...

Acting provincial police commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng ... “We cannot, as the South African Police Service, allow corrupt individuals and members to be in our midst.

The Eastern Cape recorded 502 foreign nationals arrested, Free State and Northern Cape 1 679, Gauteng recorded 6 039, KwaZulu-Natal had 1 288 while Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West recorded a collective total of 3 474.