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

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

Existing economic reforms now in motion have the potential to lift South Africa’s economic growth rate to 3.5% a year by 2029 ...

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

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

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

South Africa’s mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous ...

South Africa’s Juwi Renewable Energies has announced plans to build three large-scale solar plants with a combined capacity ...

StatsSA's report highlights the mixed performance across the mining sector, with production challenges in key areas offset by ...

I am an anthropologist and I’ve been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for nearly three decades. I’ve also made a film with and about informal miners.

NTSIKI ADONISI The emergence of partnerships between the private and public sectors are needed to fortify the South African Mining Sector The private sector must continue working with government ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...