Police and underground miners in Stilfontein have been at odds for a number of days. As a result, the local police began to ...

Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.

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

Reports indicate that some unidentified illegal miners are planning to enter and mine in the Neung South Forest Reserve, in ...

Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...

Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after authorities cut off their supplies and ...

Latin America’s criminal organizations used to make most of their billions trafficking drugs. But now, in Colombia, Peru, the ...

Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South ...

Illegal mining has plagued South Africa for decades through small-time pilfering and organised criminal networks. Many of ...

At least 10 people were killed Friday and two people injured, one of them critically, in a fire at a care home in a small ...

The company has announced the appointment of a new group CEO and deputy group CEO, effective from 1 January 2025.