Miners arrested at Aurora

Nine alleged illegal miners were arrested at the Aurora Grootvlei mine on Tuesday afternoon.

Aurora justifies mine killings

An Aurora director has defended the killing of alleged illegal miners at the mine's Grootvlei operations, saying it was about protecting the company.

Mystery of Aurora corpses

Uncertainty shrouds the cause of death of four men -- allegedly illegal miners -- whose bodies were found on Thursday in an underground in a mine.

Hundreds arrested for illegal mining

Rand Uranium on Monday said measures taken to curb illegal mining had resulted in the arrest of about 650 illegal miners over the last year.

More than 200 illegal miners arrested in Mpumalanga

More than 200 illegal miners have been nabbed by police in Mpumalanga and more arrests are expected, police said on Wednesday.

Dying for gold

The recent tragedy in Welkom has not deterred illegal miners from going back underground. Monako Dibetle finds out what drives them.

Death toll in mine accident rises

The death toll of illegal miners at Harmony Gold's Eland shaft has risen to 82, police said on Monday.

'I'll go down, I'm not scared to die ...'

Families of illegal miners who died underground at Harmony's disused Eland shaft had not seen their loved ones since December, interviews revealed.

Harmony suspends 57 workers over gold theft

Harmony on Friday said it has suspended 57 workers for gold theft, days after the bodies of 76 illegal miners were recovered from an abandoned shaft.

Mining for gold, dicing with death

At the time of writing on Thursday, the bodies of 76 illegal miners had been brought to the surface at Harmony Gold's Eland shaft in Welkom.

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