Conflict minerals include the likes of tantalum, which features in electronics across the world, and it's going to be ...

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

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

After three years on the run from the Rwandan-backed M23 insurgency in eastern Congo, on Sunday, with the rebels fighting ...

The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger.

The Sunday Mail Amb Hamadziripi Tanyaradzwa Rusike AT LEAST 20 Zimbabwean nationals lost their lives after being trapped in ...

The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...

The private sector must continue working with government and strengthen public–private partnerships to not only fortify the ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

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.

Deaths of illegal miners reflects that country’s troubled circumstances and need for aid from Elon Musk and others.

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...