JOHANNESBURG - The face behind illegal gold mining in South Africa is that of a black man covered in dust. He is known as a ...
Save The Children has called for people who have taken minors to be part of illegal mining at a Stilfontein in the North West ...
According to the department, most of the illicit miners are suspected to be from SADC countries including Mozambique, Namibia ...
Do illegal miners deserve emergency relief? The Stilfontein High Court ruling tests South Africa’s balance between human ...
The South African Police Service (SAPS), on Monday announced the arrest of 14 illegal miners, who emerged from an abandoned ...
Al Jazeera explains why the rescue operation at an illegal mine in northwestern South Africa has been delayed again.
When zama zamas go hungry deep underground in the abandoned mines where they illegally mine for gold, they sometimes resort ...
MEC for Community Safety Wessels Morweng says authorities are focused on a plan to make sure that everyone comes out of the ...
Police in the North West have retracted earlier claims that extortion attempts had hindered efforts to rescue illegal miners ...
“Focusing on contact crime, the statistics indicate that murder decreased by 5.8%, sexual offences by 2.5%, and robbery with ...
Group of 14 illegal miners who resurfaced from shaft 10 at the Stilfontein disused mine on Sunday night were arrested. According to police, all the men are Mozambique nationals, and a 14-year-old boy ...
The lack of a robust regulatory framework for small-scale mining has left thousands vulnerable and trapped in a dangerous game of survival ...