A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

The upcoming African Mining Week Summit, scheduled for October 1 - 3 in Cape Town, will highlight profitable opportunities ...

Who are the "criminals" captured as a result of such extreme measures? I am an anthropologist and I've been studying the ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa — A specialized camera was lowered ... while working illegally in the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, police said last week. Authorities faced growing anger ...

Rescue workers retrieved at least 78 bodies from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where police cut off food and water ...

JOHANNESBURG — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger ... resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South Africa where dozens of miners died and 246 were rescued ...

They blink like moles in the harsh South African sunlight. Some look painfully young. Operations to rescue hundreds of illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, a small mining town ...

Illegal Mining Ringleader Escaped During South Africa Disaster With Help From Officers, Police Say JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as "Tiger" escaped from custody with help from police officers after resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South Africa where dozens of ...