Along with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red ...

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

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

As It Happens7:33Why police are in a standoff with people working an abandoned South African mine For weeks, police have been stationed at the opening of an abandoned gold mine in South Africa ...

Around the gaping shaft of a disused mine, the South African police on Saturday waited to pounce on anyone trying to escape ...

Analysis - Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South African authorities have since December 2023 been trying to ...

Three executives of the Australian company Resolute Mining were arrested this month. Mali, a major African gold producer, has ...

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

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

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

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...

Volunteer rescue workers stand by the opening of a reformed gold mine shaft where illegal miners are trapped in Stilfontein, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Credit: AP/Denis Farrell Working ...