Press Release - The process to identify 93 bodies of suspected illegal miners retrieved from Buffelsfontein Gold Mine' shaft No. 11 between Tuesday, 03 December 2024 and Wednesday 15 January 2025, is ...
Rescue efforts for illegal miners trapped in a Johannesburg mine shaft were suspended due to safety risks. Officials halted ...
South Africa has neither suspended U.S. businesses from operating in the country nor stopped exporting minerals to the U.S., contrary to a claim made online in response to Washington’s decision to cut ...
Illegal mining is common in many parts of South Africa. Typically, undocumented miners known as zama zamas - from an isiZulu expression for "taking a chance" - move into mines abandoned by commercial ...
Johannesburg EMS and other search and rescuers called off a search at a Gauteng mine on Sunday, where alleged illegal miners ...
Joburg EMS initiated rescue efforts, but were forced to halt at a depth of 15 meters due to low oxygen levels.
Rescue operations were deployed to the disused mine in Florida on Saturday after the desperate cries of trapped zama zamas were heard echoing from the shaft.
ArcelorMittal SA said it’s up to South Africa to keep crucial steel mills open and questioned the government’s industrial ...
Security governance at abandoned or closed mining sites must be improved and inclusive policies that address employment needs ...
Emergency teams are gearing up to resume their search for illegal miners trapped in a disused mine in Florida, Johannesburg, following reports of their desperate cries for help.
Police in North West are still in the process of identifying bodies of illegal miners retrieved during the operation that ended in January.
Rescue teams were able to descend 70 meters ... Last month, at least 78 bodies were pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa after police cut off food and water supplies for months in ...