South African gold output has steadily declined for three decades. Record prices and political stability are bringing the ...

South Africa’s biggest ever class action lawsuit – brought by gold miners with silicosis against mining firms – will be allowed to proceed, a judge has ruled. CNN values your feedback 1.

Anywhere between 5% and 30% of gold in South Africa – once the world’s top producer – is mined illegally, laundered, and ...

Detained after being accused of controlling the illegal operations at an abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein in South Africa ...

South Africa's gold mines are now so deep they might as well be on another planet. Gaetan Borgonie CBS News Bernard Swanepoel: I'm not sure that we really want to send human beings much deeper.

MATHOLE, South Africa—In broad daylight, he is a thin, soft-spoken 23-year-old who stays immaculately clean in Converse All-Stars and khaki pants. But to make ends meet, Mduduzi Matjila has ...

WESTONARIA, South Africa—At Sibanye Gold Ltd.’s Kloof mine in the heart of the world’s largest known gold reserve, more than 10,000 workers toil daily at depths of around two miles—a ...

JOHANNESBURG — A building collapsed above a gold mine in South Africa on Friday, leaving about 87 people trapped, a union spokesman said. At least 52 people were trapped when the office building ...

South Africa plans to unveil a new online mining registry next month, a long-delayed move toward greater transparency that ...