By Anna Weekes As South Africa transitions away from coal-fired electricity, hundreds of former coal mines are turning into ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all ...

Nearly one-in-three South Africans are unemployed, according to the latest government figures, and the numbers are rising.

South Africa has progressively recognised artisanal and small-scale mining (“ASM”) as a legitimate component of the mining ...

Senior Ghanaian professionals working in South Africa’s mining sector have expressed interest in being included in Ghana’s ...

Disputes with government and policy uncertainty means South Africa’s mining industry “has not delivered its full potential” in recent decades.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — The death toll in a months-long standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, ...

Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated survivors to the surface ...

A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa on Tuesday. (Themba Hadebe | AP) STILFONTEIN, ...