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

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

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

South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of ...

In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...

The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

South Africa’s Juwi Renewable Energies has announced plans to build three large-scale solar plants with a combined capacity ...

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

StatsSA's report highlights the mixed performance across the mining sector, with production challenges in key areas offset by ...