Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
FILE: Three illegal miners were arrested after they emerged from shaft 10 at the old Buffelsfontein gold mine in the North West on 28 November 2024. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN CAPE TOWN - Police ...
Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine south west of Johannesburg, police ...
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold ...
A study conducted by Bench Marks Foundation, a religious non-profit organisation that monitors companies in South Africa and ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...
Police have launched a manhunt for the alleged kingpin known as ‘Tiger’ in the Stilfontein gold mine debacle. The alleged ...
The prevalence of illegal mining was brought into sharp focus by the prolonged removal of zama zamas from the unused ...