Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...

That tactic to “smoke them out,” as described by a prominent Cabinet minister, was condemned by one of South Africa's biggest trade unions. Police and the mine owners were also accused of ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa's president is ... that not only did police cut off food for a time, they and the mine owners also dismantled a rope and pulley system that was used ...

South African authorities face growing anger over their handling of a standoff with illegal miners trapped in an abandoned ...

As soon as those good principles and mindful practices get put into place, it manifests good behaviour, it manifests good risk management, and it forces good risk management,” - Bryan Betton ...

Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

New Okiep Mining Company comprises Orion Minerals (56.25%) and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, or IDC ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing ...

That tactic to “smoke them out,” as described by a prominent Cabinet minister, was condemned by one of South Africa's biggest ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's president is facing calls ... A group representing the miners said that not ...