Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from a mining shaft this week, and more are believed to remain underground.

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

A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...

Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, police pulled out 60 bodies as part of a search-and-rescue ...

The authorities moved in after a monthslong standoff that drew criticism from human rights groups but praise from some South Africans, who view illegal ... mining industry shrank in South Africa ...

Scientific advances, initiatives, and injustices in Sub–Saharan Africa shape the Black diaspora through ancestry, migration, ...

Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...

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