A tragic standoff is unfolding in Stilfontein, South Africa, where thousands of illegal miners – known colloquially as zama zamas – are trapped underground. The crisis has brought South Africa’s ...

The South African government, desperate to deal with powerful illegal mining networks, found itself in a crisis that lasted six months at the disused Stilfontein mine in the country’s North West ...

The North West provincial government will deploy the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to support the South ...

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 advocates and community leaders call the tactics inhumane. By Lynsey Chutel ...

During the annual State of the Nation address on Thursday, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the deployment of military troops to support police efforts against illegal mining and ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous year, official statistics showed on ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa —They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal. Some struggle to walk and collapse. They blink like moles in the harsh South African ...

Explore South Africa's most dangerous jobs in mining, manufacturing, and construction, revealing injury rates, fatalities, and the hidden costs workers face daily.

MC Mining has 67.3% interest in the Makhado project through its subsidiary Baobab Mining & Exploration, with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa owning 6.7%, seven local communities ...

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