South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

left behind by decades of mining when South Africa was the world’s biggest gold producer. It’s also operating century-old underground shafts around Barberton, the site of the country’s first ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

South Africa Pulls 36 Corpses ... A 26-year-old woman living near Stilfontein, who gave her name as Matumelo, said her husband had gone down the mine in June when she was pregnant.

South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an abandoned gold mine where 78 corpses were discovered last week. The police ...

Thousands of illegal miners, known as "zama zamas" ("those who try their luck" in Zulu), operate in mineral-rich South Africa. The mine in Stilfontein - some 145km (90 miles) south-west of ...