Rosalind Morris digs deep via ethnography, history, personal testimony, and political thought to tell the story about the ...

An illegal miner lifted from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has died in hospital ... Locally known as “zama zamas” – “those who try” in the Zulu language – the miners frustrate ...

Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining ... Zama Zama — are often men from neighboring countries who come to South Africa ...

The South African Police Service arrested a police officer who was allegedly involved in illegal mining activities in ...

Of the 1,826 "zama zamas" or illegal miners arrested in the Vala Umgodi operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in ...

Patrice Motsepe’s name glows in gold ... South Africa’s stolen wealth, sit in polished boardrooms, cloaked in legality, their plunder protected by paperwork and power. For every zama zama ...

North West police have dismissed reports that illegal mining kingpin James “Tiger” Tsoaeli, who escaped from custody in Stilfontein, has died. Tsoaeli resurfaced from a shaft at the Buffelsfontein ...

Gold was the foundation of South Africa’s economy for over ... Once-mighty mines are shutting down, and informal miners—zama zamas—now scour abandoned shafts for residual gold.

JOHANNESBURG — At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped deep underground for ...