South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and ...

The traditional leaders organisation, Contralesa, has lambasted the Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni for her ...

The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed in underground shafts to the ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that hundreds of illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine shaft must ...

Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein ...

Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant one billion trees and convert 10 per cent of farmland into forest and ...

The Stilfontein mine is a crime scene,” Ramaphosa said, adding that police must secure the area while ensuring the miners' ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed government's commitment to resolving the tense situation at Stilfontein in the North West, through peaceful and safe measures.

Rescue operations involving volunteers were underway on Sunday, according to Al Jazeera correspondent Haru Mutasa, reporting ...

We need to be clear that the activities of these miners are illegal. They pose a risk to our economy, communities and ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa described the Stilfontein mine as a “crime scene”, on Monday, as he called for a peaceful resolution to the standoff at the disused mine shaft, where illegal miners are holed ...

A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a ...