More than 300 illegal gold miners were trapped in a gold mine in South Africa for months. Some of them became cannibals underground, as two men have ...
In South Africa, more than thirty years after the end of apartheid, the lives of people who are black and poor are not counted as human lives. We are murdered with impunity and left to die with ...
The solution to the problem of informal economies is not policing. Nor is it regulation. The solution must begin with massive regional economic repair.
Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...
The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger ...
Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...
An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but ...
The government has confirmed the death of 20 Zimbabweans after they were trapped in the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa. The 20 were holed up in the mine for weeks ...
The Sunday Mail Amb Hamadziripi Tanyaradzwa Rusike AT LEAST 20 Zimbabwean nationals lost their lives after being trapped in ...
About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
At least 20 Zimbabwean nationals have been confirmed dead after being trapped in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South ...