Along with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

The company has announced the appointment of a new group CEO and deputy group CEO, effective from 1 January 2025.

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...

The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...

The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...

Harmony Gold , South Africa's biggest gold producer by volume, said on Thursday it had appointed Beyers Nel as chief ...

South Africa’s gold and coal sectors were the only sectors to post decreases in production for September and the situation is ...