Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

Around the gaping shaft of a disused mine, the South African police on Saturday waited to pounce on anyone trying to escape ...

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining ...

A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a ...

Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a crackdown on miners.

Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested ...

The company has announced the appointment of a new group CEO and deputy group CEO, effective from 1 January 2025.

South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North ...