The bodies of almost 90 illegal miners were brought to the surface of an abandoned shaft when police intensified an operation ...

In South Africa last month, 78 gold diggers died in an underground rescue effort. The illegal miners, locally referred to as zamazama, were among hundreds that authorities had controversially locked ...

The state has been accused of deliberately allowing the deaths of the miners who perished in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, ...

Mining Affected Community United in Action has reiterated calls for the resignation of Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe for ...