South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold ...

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 ...

Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...

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.

Other times, informal miners have targeted functional mines. Operations like these have existed for decades and cost South Africa $1bn yearly in lost revenue. They are carried out almost entirely ...

At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...

It’s a huge sum in South Africa, which has deep inequality and one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. Many other miners come looking for work from neighboring countries like ...

Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported to be trapped and starving CARLETONVILLE, South ...

fail to respect South Africa’s constitutional guarantees to which all are entitled. The surviving miners need prompt, adequate medical care, and the government should establish a commission of ...