Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...

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

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

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

A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their access to food and water.

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of ...

In South Africa, a months-long standoff between police and illegal gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in ...

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