Illegal gold mining is widespread in South Africa, a one-time mining giant. Thousands routinely search for gold deposits in ...

Ten days since mining experts first visited the abandoned shaft, there’s no indication how much longer it will take to start ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says now free of the “burden” of the Stilfontein legal case, authorities were hoping the ...

The Gauteng High Court dismissed the Society for the Protection of our Constitution's application for relief for illegal ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...