Legacy mines were typically closed to the standards of the day, with little to no consideration for future changes in surface conditions, climate or development. As such South Africa has many ...

We didn’t send them there," Ntshavheni said. Illegal mining remains common in South Africa's old gold-mining areas, with miners going into closed shafts to dig for any possible remaining deposits.

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 ...