Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...

David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs ...

Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

The latest tragedy has seen at least 78 bodies and over 200 survivors brought to the surface from a mine in Stilfontein.

An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe Authorities have evidence of his involvement ...

A South African bishop has described in detail what he saw and heard as the bodies were being taken from an abandoned gold ...

South Africa police search for gold mine gangster 'Tiger' 01/20/2025 January 20, 2025 A gang leader suspected of running illegal gold mining operations in South Africa has escaped police custody.

Mineral Resources minister Gwede Mantashe said illegal mining was not considered because it was a criminal activity.