The police’s murderous tactics, dubbed “surrender or starve”, have caused outrage in South Africa where unemployment has ...

Mining in Africa presents numerous challenges and, quite simply, the chances of prospering are limited without the ability to ...

The government says it will not help' criminals.' For nearly two weeks, South African police have closely monitored an ...

Last week, StatsSA data showed South Africa’s seasonally adjusted real mining production increasing 3. 8% month-on-month in ...

Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein ...

Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a crackdown on miners.

South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West ...

Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.

The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...

A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...

In this article, policy adviser and former De Beers Botswana CEO Sheila Khama writes De Beers' exploration in Angola and asks ...

The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.