Minister Gwede Mantashe has called for intensified efforts to combat illegal mining, describing it as a crime against the ...

Police operation to stamp out illegal mining by blocking food supplies has turned to tragedy as relatives wait for loved ones ...

The Democratic Alliance, the second-biggest party in the governing coalition, calls for an independent inquiry.

The calls come after close to 80 dead bodies were pulled from an abandoned gold mine this week in a government-led operation to shutdown illicit mining networks in the North West.

“This tragedy is eerily reminiscent of the Marikana massacre, where 34 miners were killed by live ammunition in a ...

Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 ...

"Rescue teams uncover 36 corpses, 82 survivors from illegal South Africa mine" was originally created and published by Mining ...

No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...

Residents accused government ministers of complicity in the deaths of illegal miners as bodies were recovered from deep ...

A total of 106 illegal miners and 51 bodies were brought to the surface on the second day of rescue operations at an aban ...

Rescue teams in South Africa have stepped up efforts to pull out survivors and the corpses of illegal miners trapped ...