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

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

“The real zama-zamas are owners and shareholders of mines in South Africa,” Malatji said. The picket took place in tandem with new data that Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

The ANC Youth League picketed outside the Mineral Council South Africa offices in Rosebank to demand reinstatements of mine ...

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

Illegal miners in South Africa are known as “zama zamas ... what is the responsibility of the mine owners who leave these mines in the conditions that allow such activities to take place ...

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

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 ...

According to officials, South Africa lost more than $3 billion in ... not only did police cut off food for a time, they and the mine owners also dismantled a rope and pulley system that was ...

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 ...