Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine south west of Johannesburg, police ...

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

Extensive investigations and tracing operations are underway to find those officials who aided his escape between Shaft 11 ...

South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...

Following the tragic Stilfontein mine disaster that claimed 78 lives, civil society and political parties demand ...

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