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

Dis month, authorities rescue hundreds of illegal miners from one mine shaft for South Africa. Wetin be di dangers of working ...

At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...

Illegal chrome mining in Bojanala District is escalating into violence, threatening community safety and the local economy as ...

Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.

South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous year, official statistics showed on Thursday.

Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...

Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...

Of the 324 people pulled out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 78 had perished from starvation or dehydration. The illegal ...

Illegal mining is waging war on the South African economy, with the illicit trade costing the economy at least R60 billion in ...