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

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

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

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

Hundreds of workers are hiding in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa for a third week. Police cut off supplies to force ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Resolute Mining CEO Terry Holohan and two other employees have been released from detention in Mali, just days after the gold mining company agreed to pay about $160 million to resolve a tax dispute ...

A camera is lowered into the shaft to see if hundreds of people are dead or alive.

Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red light district - that has grown up deep underground at a disused gold mine in South Africa. Ndumiso told ...