The face behind illegal gold mining in South Africa is that of a black man covered in dust. He is known as a zama-zama – a ...

Zama zama's who have emerged from Stilfontein mine have painted a grim picture of the condition of those who still remain underground.

The national police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said nine of the illegal miners are Mozambicans and the other one ...

NEAL Froneman, CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater said law enforcement authorities should target crime kingpins if they want to stamp ...

Peru is taking steps to regulate illegal gold mining by proposing a bill aimed at formalizing miners. Protests erupted as ...

Peru's Congress removed Energy and Mines minister Romulo Mucho from his post on Tuesday as protesters from small-scale miners ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

NGT directs CPCB to create nationwide guidelines for silica sand mining, addressing health hazards and illegal activities.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Senzo Mchunu says they don’t know how many people remain trapped in Stilfontein mine.

A ZIMBABWEAN man was recently allegedly shot by Botswana soldiers before being arrested while conducting illegal gold panning ...

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South ...

STILFONTEIN - Two weeks after appointing a task team to take down an illegal mining ring in North West, Minister of Police ...