In South Africa, more than thirty years after the end of apartheid, the lives of people who are black and poor are not counted as human lives. We are murdered with impunity and left to die with ...

The Middelburg High Court has delivered a scathing judgment against mining company Asantee Holdings (Pty) Ltd, dismissing its ...

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms in the eastern parts of ...

National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said that 78 bodies were retrieved in a court-ordered rescue operation, with 246 ...

STORY: South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine near the town of ...

A rescue operation at South Africa's Stilfontein mine has come to an end after 248 living miners and 78 bodies were retrieved ...

Forensic service workers carry bodies in blue body bags during a rescue operation to rescue miners from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

City Power is taking a no-nonsense approach to 2025 after disconnecting 120 homes at the Johannesburg Social Housing Company ...

Authorities began trying to remove the bodies and bring up survivors on Monday, after residents voiced fears that more than 100 people may have died in the mine in Stilfontein, about 140 kilometres ...

The South African government faces criticism over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners trapped during a police siege at a Stilfontein gold mine. As the rescue mission continues, 132 survivors ...