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 ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...

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

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

South Africa loses more than a $1 billion to illegal mining every year and has vowed a crackdown of ... with violent turf ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...

Rescue workers retrieved at least 78 bodies from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where police cut off food and water ...

In South Africa, a months-long standoff between police and illegal gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...