The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...

The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan ...

Police say they are trying to force the miners — believed to have been underground for several weeks — to resurface ...

South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...

Dozens of volunteers don enta one abandoned gold mine for South Africa to help thousands of illegal miners wey don dey ...

An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in ...

Authorities in South Africa have cut off supplies to nearly 4,000 illegal gold miners hiding underground, as the government ...

The South African government has assembled a team of mine rescue experts to devise a plan for bringing illegal miners to the ...

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

The move by the government is part of Operation Vala Umgodi, or "Close the Hole", which is directed at illegal mining ...

Many say they have no choice but to go underground and work in illegal mines to make a living. South Africa's abandoned gold ...

Hundreds of people are believed to be underground after entering the Stilfontein abandoned shaft, which descends vertically for over a mile, in search of leftover gold. Minister in the presidency ...