Anchor Capital said that South African markets closed in the green yesterday, led by gains in mining and retail sector stocks ...

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

Battle for control of central African nation fuelled by increasing demand for minerals crucial in manufacture of smartphones ...

African infrastructure and investment. Trade is increasingly seen as the anchor to alleviating poverty through cross-border economic exchange, especially in the mining sector, during this era of the ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

Malawi Queens coach Mary Waya and captain Towera Vinkhumbo-Nyirenda have said their target is to win the Quad Series ...

Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...

A suspected gang leader known as "Tiger" escaped with the help of South African police after being pulled from an illegal ...

Police in South Africa said Monday they had launched a manhunt for the alleged "kingpin" behind an illegal mining operation where scores of bodies have been recovered after he escaped from custody.

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