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

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

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

Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near ...

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