Maverick News

Stilfontein mine tragedy was a consequence of SA’s porous borders, says police minister

By Ethan van Diemen

South Africa

Stilfontein siege: Activists demand justice as autopsies reveal starvation and state negligence

By Lerato Mutsila and Kristin Engel

Op-eds

Informal mining in SA is here to stay, and police brutality won’t end it — here’s what will

By Rosalind C Morris

Maverick News

Is it any wonder that the holes of the Witwatersrand still scream with death?

By Richard Poplak

South Africa

Stilfontein mine tragedy highlights the need for a much clearer SAPS Code of Conduct

By David Bruce

Business Maverick

Notes on the underground — where the most desperate and impoverished scavenge for illicit gold

By Richard Poplak

Maverick Citizen

Stilfontein mine rescue ends with 78 dead, 246 rescued and ringleaders in custody

By Lerato Mutsila

Business Maverick

The ‘surrender or starve’ saga in Stilfontein is a chronicle of deaths foretold

By Ed Stoddard

South Africa

Stilfontein illegal miners are ‘eating human flesh’ and cockroaches to survive, rescued miners tell ConCourt

By Dianne Hawker

Business Maverick

From gold prices to chinchillas: five key trends impacting South Africa's mining landscape in 2025

By Ed Stoddard

Business Maverick

After the Bell: Smoking out an alternative to the ‘surrender or starve’ strategy on SA's illegal miners

By Ed Stoddard

Maverick Citizen

SAPS will continue arresting Stilfontein miners despite court order, SAHRC complaint

By Nonkululeko Njilo and Vincent Cruywagen