Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Rescuer workers assist an illegal miner who has been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo ...

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

An all-formats team reported from the scene of a South Africa mine disaster where hundreds of men working illegally ...

Deaths of illegal miners reflects that country’s troubled circumstances and need for aid from Elon Musk and others.

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

One African country is home to the deepest gold mine in the world with staggering depths and intense temperatures.

Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

The Lesotho national resurfaced from the deep mine shaft in Stilfontein while officers ... Thousands of people are believed ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Soldiers killed at least seven people at a gold mine in southern Ghana ... The statement also said that Ghana's government “wishes to express deep regret" over the tragic loss of ...

A South African bishop has described in detail what he saw and heard as the bodies were being taken from an abandoned gold ...