The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan ...

By Thando Hlophe STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -Desperate relatives of possibly hundreds of illegal miners stuck ...

South Africa has major gaps in skills needed to shape the future economy – especially those dealing with the transition away ...

Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested ...

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says scientific tests established deaths of 6 children in Soweto could be attributed to highly ...

Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.

South Africa’s government of national unity forged after the 2024 elections refutes the claim that there are two antagonistic ...

Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...

The Reserve Bank has issued a new directive impacting ‘instant EFTs’ in South Africa – hoping to stop fraud and dodgy ...

South Africa's official unemployment rate fell for the first time in a year in the third quarter, data showed on Tuesday.