Police cordoned off the shaft recently in a bid to shut down illegal mining activity at the abandoned mine – cutting off the ...

While it's not yet clear what might have caused the fire, National Fire Detection Services says the business affected by the ...

According to S&P, the decision to revise South Africa’s outlook reflects the agency’s view of increased political stability.

Brazil's First Lady Rosangela "Janja" da Silva gestures as she speaks to assistence during the Global Alliance Festival at Maua Square on the sides of the G20 Social Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ...

A group of about 30 community members are part of the team that is expected to assist illegal miners wanting to resurface from an abandoned shaft.

An unlicensed food manufacturing operation in the Mfuleni area. Picture: JP Smith/Facebook CAPE TOWN - The City of Cape ...

Already on Wednesday, Britain's centre-left daily The Guardian had announced it would no longer post content from its ...

The South African Police Service and the army have been redeployed to the area as part of ongoing efforts to fight illegal mining.

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Veteran journalist and former newspaper editor Jean-Jacques Cornish passed away on Wednesday evening. He had been a regular guest on CapeTalk for our weekly Africa Report, where he always began with a ...

Last week, more than 1,000 of the illegal miners emerged from a mine shaft in Orkney, after running out of food and water and they were arrested.

Hundreds of zama zamas are reportedly refusing to resurface from a number of shafts at the old Buffelsfontein gold mine.