Police in the North West have called for relatives of the 78 bodies that were recovered at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine’s shaft no. 11 during the Mine Res ...

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

North West police have confirmed the death of yet another suspected illegal miner at Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein.

The solution to the problem of informal economies is not policing. Nor is it regulation. The solution must begin with massive regional economic repair.

Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...

Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...

An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but ...

About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...

South African engineering innovation was put on the map after world-first rescue technology was used to save 246 lives in the ...

A second miner has died in hospital after being pulled alive from an illegal South African gold mine from which 87 bodies were extracted ...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has hit back at accusations that the government is to blame for the ...