Industrial mining employs 7 million globally. but artisanal and small scale miners comprise at least 45 million people across ...

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

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

About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...

The bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine's Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water ...

The military’s murderous tactics in defence of the mining giant’s profits caused outrage, with people taking to the streets of Obuasi town in protest and setting fire to several buses.

Unregulated mining, wey many know as 'artisinal mining', dey happun wen companies abandon mines wey no dey profitable, ...

The national crackdown against illegal mining began in late 2023, in part spurred by the rise of violent crime in communities ...

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

This aerial view shows an open mine shaft where artisanal miners get access to ... Anti-immigrant sentiment is high in South Africa, where migrants are often used as scapegoats for other problems.

The derelict Stilfontein shaft is just one of 6 000 that have been abandoned by South Africa's gold extraction companies.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa —They look like the walking dead ... This aerial view shows an open mine shaft where artisanal ...