A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South Africa where dozens of miners ...

A gang leader suspected of running illegal gold mining operations in South Africa has escaped police custody. An investigation and manhunt have been launched to find him and those who helped him get ...

Four police officers were arrested and appeared in court in connection with the escape of James Neo Tshoaeli, the Lesotho ...

Four police officers who were arrested on Friday in connection with the escape of alleged underground illegal mining kingpin and ringleader, ...

Police have been searching for Tiger since he resurfaced from shaft 11 in Stilfontein during a rescue mission earlier this month. While he was reportedly arrested and transported by officers, he was ...

Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was ... Police said that the suspect, identified as Lesotho national James Neo Tshoaeli, was among the miners who resurfaced but was never booked by ...

Police said most of those arrested in Stilfontein this week were not South African nationals but came from Mozambique, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. Big mining companies “come into our communities ...

National police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said Tiger, a Lesotho national ... 246 illegal miners were rescued from the disused mine. Rescue teams also recovered 78 bodies.

our renewable energy potential," he said. A poor country of just over two million people stricken by droughts, Lesotho is economically dependent on South Africa, where much of the population goes to ...