Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

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 ...

Despite challenges, the South African mining industry remains a key economic driver, adding over 14,900 jobs since 2021.

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

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 ...

In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine ...

A South African bishop has described in detail what he saw and heard as the bodies were being taken from an abandoned gold ...