Over 4,500 illegal miners are trapped underground in an inactive gold mine in Stilfontein, located in South Africa's North West Province, which borders Botswana. Rescue operations have been halted ...

Illegal miners — known locally as Zama Zama — are often men from neighboring countries who come to South Africa without the paperwork necessary to find legal work. Many say they have no choice ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday.

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 ...

Joining the 10 million visitors to Minnesota state parks every year? Here’s a way to do so for free. At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have ...

Nigeria and South Africa have signed an accord to boost cooperation in mining, Nigeria's mines minister said on Thursday, ...

June 8 at 9:11 a.m. Correspondent Rachel Chason and photographer Ilan Godfrey logged more than 1,200 miles driving across South Africa, from remote mining towns in the Kalahari Desert to ...

Weeks after the administration of US President Donald Trump gutted the country’s aid programs, canceling billions of dollars of funding used to fight HIV in Africa, mining companies and South ...

Weeks after the administration of US President Donald Trump gutted the country’s aid programs, cancelling billions of dollars of funding used to fight HIV in Africa, mining companies and South ...

In a bid to solidify the partnership fostered through the Nigeria–South Africa Bi-National Commission—recently inaugurated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and President Cyril Ramaphosa—the ...