Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...

Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...

African Mining Week (AMW) 2025, taking place in Cape Town from October 1-3, will center on the theme, From Extraction to ...

About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...

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

In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...

South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

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

South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous year, official statistics showed on Thursday.

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...

The private sector must continue working with government and strengthen public–private partnerships to not only fortify the ...