The national crackdown against illegal mining began in late 2023, in part spurred by the rise of violent crime in communities ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

The crane would occasionally stop and start, leaving him dangling in the darkness. Once he got down into the mine, he was ...

The bodies of 78 Zama Zama's were pulled from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to ...

By A Correspondent A total of 33 Zimbabwean nationals are among 246 illegal miners who were retrieved and arrested during the South African government’s ongoing extraction operation at an ...

Following the tragic Stilfontein mine disaster that claimed 78 lives, civil society and political parties demand ...