Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South ...

JOHANNESBURG - The face behind illegal gold mining in South Africa is that of a black man covered in dust. He is known as a ...

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

A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...

The mining sector in South Africa has long been constrained by policy uncertainty, strained labour relations, and a crumbling ...

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining ...

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

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...

Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested ...

South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...

South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North ...

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi (plug the hole), South ...