The prevalence of illegal mining  was brought into sharp focus by the prolonged removal of zama zamas from the ...
Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
Police in the North West Province have confirmed the involvement of SAPS officers in the escape of an alleged illegal mining ...
THE Marikana massacre was considered to be the most lethal use of force by South African security forces since the 1976 Soweto riots: 34 men shot dead by SAPS members when they opened fire on a group ...
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
A study conducted by Bench Marks Foundation, a religious non-profit organisation that monitors companies in South Africa and ...
The escape of alleged illegal mining kingpin, James Neo Tshoaledi, underscores why South Africa urgently needs an ...
Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine south west of Johannesburg, police ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...
The fight against illegal mining will be futile, without an Anti-Extortion Plan The escape of alleged illegal mining kingpin, ...