Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...
The prevalence of illegal mining was brought into sharp focus by the prolonged removal of zama zamas from the unused ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
THE Marikana massacre was considered to be the most lethal use of force by South African security forces since the 1976 Soweto riots: 34 men shot dead by SAPS members when they opened fire on a group ...
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
A study conducted by Bench Marks Foundation, a religious non-profit organisation that monitors companies in South Africa and ...
A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...
Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine south west of Johannesburg, police ...
The fight against illegal mining will be futile, without an Anti-Extortion Plan The escape of alleged illegal mining kingpin, ...
Police have launched a manhunt for the alleged kingpin known as ‘Tiger’ in the Stilfontein gold mine debacle. The alleged ...
Tiger’, a Lesotho national, is implicated in several statements as one of the ringleaders who controlled operations ...