Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

Police are monitoring exit points as extraction efforts continue at the abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein, North ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

Illegal gold mining, known locally as “galamsey,” has spread across Ghana, driven by historic rises in global gold prices.

JOHANNESBURG - The standoff between illegal miners and authorities still continues at the Stillfontein shaft in the NorthWest ...

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South ...

Illegal mining activities have been reported near Birpara village in the Chaygaon revenue circle, under the West Kamrup ...

South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 ...

The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...

Association says the government does not ‘have the will to act’ and the solution is regulation to allow artisanal miners to ...

Such illegal mining has long been going on across South Africa. The standoff in Stilfontein — now in its third week — has highlighted the extent of illegal mining in the country. Police ...