Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...

A second miner has died in hospital after being pulled alive from an illegal South African gold mine from which 87 bodies were extracted, the government said Friday.

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has hit back at accusations that the government is to blame for the ...

The leadership of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, an independent professional institute of international standing for over 130 years, notes with sadness the gravity of the ...

The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

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

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.

It is a fictional representation created for illustrative purposes only. In an unfolding tragedy near Stilfontein, South African authorities concluded their rescue attempts at an illegal gold mine, ...

Nomazulu Moyo Phiri made the revelation during a media briefing in Stilfontein on Thursday afternoon. He said since August last year, only one family has came forward to enquire about their ...