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 ...
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 ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an ...
in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Around 2,000 workers were trapped as authorities refused to intervene initially, citing the miners' illegal activities. More AP Photo/Themba ...
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