On the eve of the highly-anticipated announcement of Eskom’s tariffs for the coming three years, the Auditor-General South ...
The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...
Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...
Miners in South Africa, who take risks by entering abandoned mines to search for leftover gold, had no option but to survive ...
At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...
More than 300 illegal gold miners were trapped in a gold mine in South Africa for months. Some of them became cannibals underground, as two men have ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...
South Africa’s mining sector made strides in health and safety, as highlighted by Minister Gwede Mantashe and the Minerals ...
In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...
Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.
Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...