The Department of Minerals and Energy has rejected accusations from PP Gemstones regarding alleged illegal mining activities ...

Illegal mining is not just the domain of zama zamas but extends to politically shielded elites who have looted billions from ...

South Africa's mining industry faces a crisis, with over 6,000 abandoned mines posing safety risks and economic challenges ...

Press Release - Following a significant Operations Vala Umgodi conducted on Saturday, 08 March 2025, respectively, at Dennilton in Sekhukhune District and Thohoyandou, in Vhembe District, five ...

Last month, at least 78 bodies were pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa after police cut off food and water supplies for months in an attempt to crack down on the activity.

Open-cast mining, where coal is dug out of the ground through a giant, open pit, destroys habitats. South Africa has many of ...

Authorities on Thursday confirmed that 16 illegal miners were rescued in the past 24 hours from an old mine shaft in Sabie, a small town in Mpumalanga Province, eastern South Africa, where they ...

The highly specialised equipment of emergency preparedness and response organisation Mines Rescue Services South Africa ...

Ghanaian cocoa farmers are abandoning beans for bullion in an illegal gold mining boom that has ravaged the country’s cocoa ...

South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 ...