Alleged illegal diamond mining is taking place on communally owned land in the remote Richtersveld, leaving the landscape and ...

Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...

The law came knocking in Prieska this weekend – and it wasn’t just illegal miners feeling the heat.THE LAW came knocking in Prieska this weekend – and it wasn’t just illegal miners feeling the ...

The deaths came in a lengthy stand-off between police and illegal miners who make a risky living by trespassing in disused gold mines to eke out what is left of the deposits. In August ...

The illegal gold miners had been trapped in the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 150km from Johannesburg. Hundreds of men were trapped nearly a mile underground for nine months during a ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...

The site was discovered through thorough intelligence gathering and surveillance aimed at tackling illegal mining in the ...

A 19-year-old illegal miner, who appeared before the Tarkwa District Court One for stealing items worth GH¢802 has been sentenced to three months imprisonment in hard labour. Enock Buamah ...

“We need security agencies to contain these people. These illegal miners must be told clearly that they must not undermine the authorities and should do the right thing.” But one chieftain ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun State has destroyed an illegal mining site in Osun State.

It is estimated that over 1.1 million people are engaged in illegal mining across Ghana, with youth unemployment being a key driver. Foreign nationals from Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, and China are ...

The illegal gold miners had been trapped in the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 150km from Johannesburg. Survivors have spoken out about their desperate efforts to stay alive as they grew ...