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

In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...

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

As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.

Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

These 78 workers were murdered by the ANC government. Its barbarous actions are a devastating indictment of bourgeois ...

South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

civil society groups and labour unions have denounced the Stilfontein crackdown, with GIWASU condemning what it called "the ...

When the men who had been holed up more than two kilometres underground for months in a disused mine in Stilfontein North ...

Last month, the Department of Social Development revealed that about 96 undocumented children had been detained after being found as part of a group of illicit miners in Khuma, Stilfontein ...

Rita de Sonsa wipes the sweat from her brow as she stands behind the counter of her once-bustling liquor store in Stilfontein. The rhythmic hum of customers that once filled the air has been ...