A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...

The Buffelsfontein mine disaster, marked by loss of life and political division, underscores South Africa’s failure to ...

In South Africa last month, 78 gold diggers died in an underground rescue effort. The illegal miners, locally referred to as ...

The union says Tshoaeli is a red herring, conveniently used by the police to deflect from their own complicity in the deaths ...

Scientific advances, initiatives, and injustices in Sub–Saharan Africa shape the Black diaspora through ancestry, migration, ...

The state has been accused of deliberately allowing the deaths of the miners who perished in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, ...

The accused appeared before the Stilfontein Magistrate's Court on Friday and were released on R1 000 bail each.

The bodies were discovered during an intense four-day rescue operation from Monday, 13 January. A total of 246 survivors, ...

South Africa’s Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said coal is making a comeback and should be considered a critical mineral for the nation because of its contribution to employment and the ...

North West Health MEC Sello Lehari will provide an update today, on the completion of autopsies of deceased illegal miners ...

Leading corporate and commercial law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) together with the Junior Mining Council (JMC) was deeply honoured to host Thungela at a bespoke brunch event at the Hyatt Regency ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that ...