Hundreds of workers are hiding in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa for a third week. Police cut off supplies to force ...

In South Africa, workers at illegal gold mines like these are known as "zama-zamas," meaning "one who takes a chance" in the ...

South Africans in general have little to no respect for the country’s rule of law. Foreigners enter South Africa and learn ...

The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed up in underground shafts to the ...

which have the potential to substantially boost South Africa’s economy. Robin Hood said that the introduction of the two-pot system and unclaimed benefits could add massive contributions to the ...

South Africa's abandoned gold mines are often targeted by illegal miners looking for gold and other minerals left behind by the previous commercial operations. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a senior ...

Thousands of volunteers have turned up outside an abandoned South African gold mine to help rescue thousands of miners feared to be trapped deep underground. Supplies of food and medicine were cut ...

In its results for the financial ended June 2024, Harmony announced an expanded renewable- energy programme. The miner’s ...

We didn't send them there," Ms Ntshavheni said. Illegal mining remains common in South Africa's old gold-mining areas, with miners going in closed shafts to dig for any possible remaining deposits.

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

South Africa and its mining industry lose about 70 billion rand ($3.9 billion) a year to those who mine gold illegally, according to the government. [WATCH LIVE]: A group of residents prepares to ...