A suspected leader of an illegal gold mining operation in South Africa, James Neo Tshoaeli, has reportedly escaped custody with alleged assistance from police officers. Tshoaeli, who goes by the nickname "Tiger,

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 sur

South African police are hunting an alleged “kingpin” of illegal mining after he escaped from custody following a rescue operation last week in which 78 bodies were brought out of an illicit goldmine.

North West Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng, has ordered the deployment of maximum resources to locate alleged mining kingpin James Neo Tshoaeli, commonly known as “Tiger,” who reportedly escaped police custody last week.

Acting Police Commissioner Patrick Asaneng expresses outrage over the escape of alleged illegal mining kingpin James Neo Tshoaeli, urging accountability for those involved.

North West Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng, has ordered maximum resources to be mobilised in finding an alleged Stilfontein mining kingpin.

South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an abandoned gold mine where 78 corpses were discovered last week. The police force said officials had helped James Neo Tshoaeli, a Lesotho national also known as Tiger, to escape after he was pulled up from the mine in Stilfontein.

Authorities in the North West province are pulling out all the stops in a high-stakes manhunt for James Neo Tshoaeli, a notorious figure known as ‘Tiger,' who is believed to be the mastermind of a large illegal mining operation in Stilfontein.

South African police are pursuing James Neo Tshoaeli, an alleged "kingpin" of illicit mining, following the rescue of over 240 miners and the grim discovery of 78 bodies at an abandoned Stilfontein gold mine.