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

The government says they are robbing South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold. Authorities said that more than ...

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

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners said, ...

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

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

StatsSA's report highlights the mixed performance across the mining sector, with production challenges in key areas offset by ...

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

I am an anthropologist and I’ve been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for nearly three decades. I’ve also made a film with and about informal miners.

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths ... Last week the bodies of 78 miners were pulled from an illegal gold mine after a heavily-criticised police ...

The government says they are robbing South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold. Authorities said that more than 1,500 people have been arrested for mining illegally in the Stilfontein ...

JOHANNESBURG — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger ... resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South Africa where dozens of miners died and 246 were rescued ...