South Africa's government says it will not help 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied...

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

Government Of Tanzania Moves To Address Lopsidedeness In Mining OpenLife Nigeria reports that in a landmark decision aimed at empowering small-scale...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the Stilfontein mine a "crime scene" after a stand-off with illegal miners holed-up in a mine shaft that was no...

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...

Australia’s largest union will kick start a fight against silica dust safety loopholes in the mining industry when its high-ranking officials...

In August 2021, the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan precipitated the collapse of the previous Afghan government, resulting in...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has accused the Stilfontein community of exacerbating the crisis of illegal mining in the North West. His comments come...

A South African court has ordered police to allow illegal miners trapped in Stilfontein’s mine shaft to leave, following a standoff that raised...

A South African court has ordered police to allow illegal miners trapped in Stilfontein’s mine shaft to leave, following a standoff that raised...