TASS FACTBOX. TASS editors have compiled a list of the largest man-made disasters of 2025 that resulted in significant loss of life, excluding aviation and maritime accidents.

On November 25, a massive fire broke out in the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Hong Kong, China, claiming 161 deaths ...

Police arrest 21 in a crackdown on illegal chrome mining in Bapong, North West. Authorities target rampant 'zama zama' operations draining the economy.

Tensions rose in Bapong after police arrested at least three suspected illegal miners with large quantities of chrome in a ...

Three men were arrested on Friday after police discovered a cache of explosives hidden in their vehicle during a routine roadblock on the N12 between Stilfontein and Klerksdorp. According to Saps, the ...

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The men are believed to have died of starvation after a police crackdown on illegal mining in Stilfontein last year. Only 25 of the 78 dead miners have been identified and collected by their families ...

Stilfontein will and must be remembered as one of the worst tragedies we have witnessed in the 30 years of democracy in South Africa. From August last year, 87 artisanal miners were deserted and hung ...

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Amid the state’s inhumane response to the Buffelsfontein Mine operation, activists and grassroots organisations rallied outside the Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Wednesday, demanding justice for the ...

Mineral and petroleum resources minister Gwede Mantashe has slammed suggestions that people trapped in the Stilfontein mining shaft last year were deserving of humanitarian aid after scores died ...

The crisis at a disused gold mine in Stilfontein, North West, which has dragged on for months, has tested the ability of the government to curb illegal mining through Operation Vala Umgodi. A closer ...