Researchers confirmed that Lion Cavern in Eswatini is the world's oldest ochre mine, dating back 48,000 years. Using ...

Many believe Albert Luthuli was silenced because he was using a global platform to highlight the horrors of Apartheid Read ...

A team including mine safety experts, police, the army and various government departments was scheduled to meet Friday to put together a plan, with the mine safety experts expected to do an immediate ...

The Hawks in Limpopo said during an operation, law enforcement teams went to a farm in Giyani where they allegedly found ...

South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West ...

The Central African Republic (CAR) said Friday it has convinced the regulatory body for global diamond trading to end a decade-old export embargo.

The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan ...

A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...

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

South Africa’s government says it will not help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West Province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official ...

Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.