Known as a symbol of luxury, status and heritage, global demand for natural, mined diamonds has decreased with the growing ...
The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger.
Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...
Other times, informal miners have targeted functional mines. Operations like these have existed for decades and cost South Africa $1bn yearly in lost revenue. They are carried out almost entirely ...