Police said that the suspect — identified as Lesotho national James Neo Tshoaeli but commonly known as “Tiger" — was among those who came out of the mine near the town of Stilfontein during a rescue ...

In its heyday, South Africa's mines employed nearly half a million people. They came from Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi, as well as the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Some are former mine ...

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 ...

The Lesotho national resurfaced from the deep mine shaft in Stilfontein while officers had it surrounded, and was supposed to be escorted directly to the nearest police station for detention ...

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

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 ...

Police said they believed Tiger, a Lesotho national whose real name is ... A total of 87 bodies were retrieved from the mine over the months since police began trying to clear it in August.

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

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 work and sends money back home. Many work ...

Police said that the suspect — identified as Lesotho national James Neo Tshoaeli but commonly known as “Tiger" — was among those who came out of the mine near the town of Stilfontein ...