Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

A study conducted by Bench Marks Foundation found that licensed mining companies purchase gold from illegal miners.

A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa ...

A study conducted by Bench Marks Foundation, a religious non-profit organisation that monitors companies in South Africa and ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...

Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine south west of Johannesburg, police ...

Police have launched a manhunt for the alleged kingpin known as ‘Tiger’ in the Stilfontein gold mine debacle. The alleged ...

The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has raised concerns over the alleged violations of human rights ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold ...

AT least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have been pulled out of the Buffelsfontein near Stilfontein in South Africa’s ...