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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

For over a thousand years, gold has been one of the most important metals on earth, not only widely used in jewellery, but ...

Coal mining company Liberty Coal has launched proceedings out of the Mpumalanga division of the High Court of South Africa against another mining entity, in relation to alleged illegal mining ...

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

Along with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red ...

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