Johannesburg was seen as being one of the most dangerous cities in the world. But the building turned itself around 15 years ...

Press Release - The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union [NEHAWU] notes the presentation of the State of the ...

Press Release - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) notes President Cyril Ramaphosa and government led by the ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: massive regional economic repair.

South Africa is facing a wave of extortion syndicates that have infiltrated nearly every sector of its economy.

Emaan Fatima’s abduction has sparked alarm over the rising trend of kidnappings in the Eastern Cape, with activists calling ...

Johannesburg, South Africa — The derelict Stilfontein shaft ... conditions are from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Some are from gangs in Lesotho. While artisanal miners are common across Africa, ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A suspected gang leader known as "Tiger" escaped ... gold illegally in abandoned industrial mines in South Africa. The operations are thought to be run by Lesotho ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, police pulled out 60 bodies as part of a search-and-rescue ...

However, others remained underground, either because they feared arrest or were forced to stay there by gangs that control the mine. Many mines in South Africa have been abandoned over the last ...