Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...
As per a report by The Telegraph, two survivors revealed that miners resorted to cannibalism, eating the body parts of their ...
Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...
Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger.
The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...
China's embassy in the resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo has been warning Chinese citizens and firms not to venture ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous year, official statistics showed on Thursday.
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...