At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

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

Existing economic reforms now in motion have the potential to lift South Africa’s economic growth rate to 3.5% a year by 2029 ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa's president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die ...

South Africa is on the cusp of reviving its ferroalloys industry, but its progress depends on several reforms, including affordable electricity and fixing the country's logistics bottlenecks. Speaking ...

Deaths of illegal miners reflects that country’s troubled circumstances and need for aid from Elon Musk and others.

An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe Authorities have evidence of his involvement ...