The High Court in Pretoria has ordered that the mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West, where suspected illegal miners have ...

A South African court on Saturday ordered an end to the police blockade of a former gold mine, where hundreds, possibly thousands, of illegal miners are thought to be underground.

A court says emergency workers must be allowed to enter a mine where hundreds are thought to be without food and water.

The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...

Up to 4,000 miners are believed to be without food or water in a closed gold mine in South Africa, after authorities cut off ...

While Solid Gold explores the aesthetics of decorative objects and art made of gold, it also delves into the history of the ...

About 70% of Africa's population are employed in the informal sector, and renewable energy-based, small-scale microgrids or minigrids present an opportunity to provide decentralised electricity to ...

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

Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a crackdown on miners.

Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine.

Explore the harrowing realities faced by illegal miners in Stilfontein, South Africa, as government operations prioritise ...

A team including mine safety experts, police, the army and various government departments was scheduled to meet Friday to put ...