Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

African Mining Week (AMW) 2025 – held under the theme, From Extraction to Beneficiation: Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth – ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

"Traditional financing of new ventures in the African mining sector has become increasingly challenging over the past decade," says Wildu du Plessis, a partner at Alchemy. “A variety of non-banking ...

Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...

South African police say there's nobody left in the mine after they removed 78 bodies and 246 survivors over the last two days. They declared the court-ordered rescue operation over on Wednesday ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all ...