Many mines are abandoned or liquidated without sufficient protection for rehabilitation funds, and the government does little ...

Police have called on members of the public who suspect their loved ones were working on abandoned mines in the Khuma, ...

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission has instituted an inquiry into illegal mining. This after the commission received a complaint over the Stilfontein illegal mining operations.

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from a mining shaft this week, and more are believed to remain underground.

Johannesburg EMS and other search and rescuers called off a search at a Gauteng mine on Sunday, where alleged illegal miners ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

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

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

Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...

A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba ...

There are thought to be at least 50 000 informal miners working underground in South Africa. According to the auditor general ...