The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...

The crane would occasionally stop and start, leaving him dangling in the darkness. Once he got down into the mine, he was ...

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

Spread This NewsBy Staff Reporter  THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa has reportedly dispatched a team of forensic ...

David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

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

A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of ...

This is arguably the worst mass murder of miners due to state actions and a series of decisions since the dawn of democracy, ...

Mining Rescue Services mobilise following a family’s urgent plea for the trapped miners in Stilfontein, highlighting systemic ...

Operations continue at Stilfontein mine following an order by the Gauteng High Court instructing the government to rescue ...