At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...

Workers trapped in a deep gold mine in South Africa for nearly nine months have told how they survived this time. The illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine were shut down in a mine last year ...

The death of up to 100 miners at Stilfontein reflects a callous and couldn't-care-less attitude that has developed in the government, and sadly throughout much of society (white and black). It is that ...

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

The solution to the problem of informal economies is not policing. Nor is it regulation. The solution must begin with massive regional economic repair.

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