South African police confirm the partly decomposed body of one miner had been brought to the surface from inside the Stilfontein mine in the country's North West province Thursday morning.

Back in August, the police began blocking food and water from entering the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near Stilfontein in ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's government says it won't 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 ...

The closure of some of South Africa's gold mines in several provinces has attracted thousands of undocumented migrants from neighboring countries, who have arrived to reopen closed and disused mines.

The political momentum is building towards a potential peace deal between Congo and Rwanda as soon as May, to be accompanied ...

Rescuers use a mobile rescue winder during a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, North West Province, South Africa, on Jan. 13, 2025. [Xinhua] A total of 246 survivors and ...