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

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

The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...

Mining Indaba in Cape Town faces unprecedented challenges as industry leaders prepare to address critical issues including ...

Police have rubbished claims that officers detonated explosives at Stilfontein’s Shaft 10 during a rescue operation.

The bodies of 78 Zama Zama's were pulled from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to ...

David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs ...

In South Africa, authorities have retrieved at least 60 bodies from the Stilfontein gold mine following a siege aimed at ...

Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal ...

The recent Stilfontein disaster, claiming 78 lives, has exposed the devastating scale of South Africa's illegal gold mining crisis ...

In South Africa, a government crackdown on an illegal gold mine led to a state siege, causing 78 deaths. Volunteers ...