There's been heated debate about President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision earlier in November to extend the deployment of ...

The South Africa Police Service's Operation Vala Umgodi task team in the North West province has reaffirmed its call for ...

The Nigerian government has arrested nearly 300 illegal miners in the past eight months since the establishment of the Mining ...

South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...

South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West ...

Several hundred people are believed to be trapped in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off water and ...

The minister highlighted the inroads made in securing Nigeria’s mining operations, deterring illegal activities, and ...

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

An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in ...

Many of the migrants working illegally in abandoned South African gold mines have fled Mozambique. Photo by Luisa ...