South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
South Africa loses more than a $1 billion to illegal mining every year and has vowed a crackdown of ... with violent turf ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. The problems ...
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 ...
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 . The problems ...