Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...

South Africa is focusing on implementing growth-enhancing reforms not regaining its investment-grade credit rating, which ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold ...

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

South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana told Reuters at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, ...

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

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by ...

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

South Africa’s Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy with a back injury, the latest in a long line of ...

Global scientific reports about climate change are largely written and reviewed by older researchers from the global north.