About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...

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

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

South Africa’s mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous ...

Dis month, authorities rescue hundreds of illegal miners from one mine shaft for South Africa. Wetin be di dangers of working ...

Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

I am an anthropologist and I’ve been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for nearly three decades. I’ve also made a film with and about informal miners.

O ver the last few months, the leading narrative in the national discourse about the mining and minerals sector, has ...

Libya holds the largest foreign exchange and gold reserves in Africa, according to Global Firepower, followed by Algeria and ...

Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...

The South African mining industry recorded only 42 fatalities in 2024, the lowest ever recorded. This record achievement ...