Their calls add to growing pressure on government to make artisanal and small-scale mining a safe and transparent sector that ...

On the back of the shirts were their names and the flags of the six countries they passed through in 2024. On the front between the flags of her native Venezuela and the United States, was written in ...

With illegal mining and illicit financial flows on the rise, the World Gold Council is leading efforts to create a database of gold bars that will reflect whether they were responsibly mined and ...

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Illegal mining is common in many parts of South Africa. Typically, undocumented miners known as zama zamas – from an isiZulu ...

Rescue efforts for illegal miners trapped in a Johannesburg mine shaft were suspended due to safety risks. Officials halted ...

Benjamin Kofi Quashie, Chair of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Council of Elders for South Africa, has asserted that ...

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission has instituted an inquiry into illegal mining. This after the commission received a complaint over the Stilfontein illegal mining operations.

Emergency teams are gearing up to resume their search for illegal miners trapped in a disused mine in Florida, Johannesburg, following reports of their desperate cries for help.

Johannesburg EMS and other search and rescuers called off a search at a Gauteng mine on Sunday, where alleged illegal miners ...

South Africa has submitted more than 50 species to the Red List of threatened species every year for the past three years from the Richtersveld region alone due to expanding diamond mining, ongoing ...

Joburg EMS initiated rescue efforts, but were forced to halt at a depth of 15 meters due to low oxygen levels.