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

In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...

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

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

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

Acting Police Commissioner Patrick Asaneng expresses outrage over the escape of alleged illegal mining kingpin James Neo ...

Last week, rescue operators retrieved 78 bodies of suspected illegal miners at the disused Buffelsfontein gold mine in the ...

Discover how South Africa's innovative Mobile Mines Rescue Winder played a pivotal role in rescuing 246 miners from the ...

A suspected illegal miner who had been hospitalised following the rescue operation at the Stilfontein mine has died.

South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

KHUMA, South Africa — For months, the miners and their families pleaded for help. By the time it came, the mine had become a tomb. Last week, rescuers recovered 78 bodies and 246 survivors ...

North West acting police commissioner, Patrick Asaneng, said while the purpose of Operation Vala Umgodi was to clamp down on ...