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

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

Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...

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 ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

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 gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in ...

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

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether ...

Illegal mining is rife at some of South Africa’s approximately 6,000 disused or abandoned mines where official operations have ended. Large groups of miners often go underground for months to ...