The leadership of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, an independent professional institute of international standing for over 130 years, notes with sadness the gravity of the ...

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

The bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine’s Shaft 11 after being trapped ...

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

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

This week’s focus is on a call for an inquiry into the Stilfontein miner deaths, the fate of the ANC’s structures in Gauteng ...

Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa —They look like the walking dead ... from the local township to undertake the devastating task.

While South Africa is still reeling from the deadly police siege at the Stilfontein mine, one illegal miner spoke to Reuters ...

(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the ...