ZAMA ZAMAS Spike in illegal gold mining alongside Blyde River threatens ecosystems, including Kruger 7 min 6 By Ed Stoddard and Julia Evans
PARLIAMENT Stilfontein mine tragedy was a consequence of SA’s porous borders, says police minister 3 min 1 By Ethan van Diemen
BUFFELSFONTEIN SIEGE Stilfontein siege: Activists demand justice as autopsies reveal starvation and state negligence 5 min 15 By Lerato Mutsila and Kristin Engel
THE CONVERSATION OP-ED Informal mining in SA is here to stay, and police brutality won’t end it — here’s what will 6 min 11 By Rosalind C Morris
MINING EDITORIAL Is it any wonder that the holes of the Witwatersrand still scream with death? 4 min 17 By Richard Poplak
DUTY TO PROTECT OP-ED Stilfontein mine tragedy highlights the need for a much clearer SAPS Code of Conduct 5 min 9 By David Bruce
INTERVIEW Notes on the underground — where the most desperate and impoverished scavenge for illicit gold 11 min 84 By Richard Poplak
BUFFELSFONTEIN SIEGE Stilfontein mine rescue ends with 78 dead, 246 rescued and ringleaders in custody 4 min 21 By Lerato Mutsila
ZAMA ZAMA ANALYSIS The ‘surrender or starve’ saga in Stilfontein is a chronicle of deaths foretold 6 min 38 By Ed Stoddard
MINING SIEGE Stilfontein illegal miners are ‘eating human flesh’ and cockroaches to survive, rescued miners tell ConCourt 7 min 48 By Dianne Hawker
THE NEW YEAR DRILL From gold prices to chinchillas: five key trends impacting South Africa's mining landscape in 2025 4 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Smoking out an alternative to the ‘surrender or starve’ strategy on SA's illegal miners 5 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
STILFONTEIN SIEGE SAPS will continue arresting Stilfontein miners despite court order, SAHRC complaint 6 min 26 By Nonkululeko Njilo and Vincent Cruywagen
STILFONTEIN SIEGE ‘Even prisoners are not left to die’ — community supports illegal miners as SAPS refuses to assist 7 min 17 By Nonkululeko Njilo
SURRENDER OR STARVE ‘We will smoke them out’ - Ntshavheni talks tough amid scepticism over number of zama zamas trapped underground 2 min 38 By Ed Stoddard and Neesa Moodley
GROUNDUP — QUEST FOR WATER Walking Johannesburg's hidden waterways on a journey through history and neglect along the Klip River 8 min 2 By Sean Christie
SURRENDER OR STARVE Hundreds of illegal miners arrested after underground food and water supplies cut 3 min 16 By Ed Stoddard
EXCLUSIVE Eskom sub-station powering Sibanye's Kloof 4 shaft blown up, zama zamas suspected 2 min 8 By Ed Stoddard
GROUNDUP Families demand justice after informal miners burn to death during police raid 4 min 3 By Kimberly Mutandiro
CRIME CRISIS Illegal mining crackdown — minister fires warning to foreigners ‘wreaking havoc’, as national drive racks up 4,000 arrests 5 min 1 By Vincent Cruywagen
MPUMALANGA MINING DISASTER ‘Mr X’s’ testimony at Lily Mine inquest paints chilling picture of illegal mining facilitated by employees 7 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
