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

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging ...

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

The South African Police Service defended itself against claims that it arrested a volunteer, released information about ...

Following the tragic Stilfontein mine disaster that claimed 78 lives, civil society and political parties demand ...

Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...

Of the 932 arrests, Zimbabwean nationals made up the largest group with 325 arrests, followed by South African citizens with ...

David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

The South African Police Service defended itself against claims that it arrested a volunteer, released information about ...

Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of South African miners.

We need to know who was buying the gold, the methods used to transport it and who was complicit in facilitating these.