South African soldiers deployed in the country’s high-crime areas have dismantled illegal mining operations Johannesburg.

Illegal gold mining activities near Johannesburg were disrupted after South African soldiers moved into crime-prone communities and cleared out sites used by miners operating outside the law. The ...

South Africa's president has authorized a yearlong deployment by the army to fight crime in some of the country's ...

The issue has increasingly affected the formal mining sector, with illegal miners targeting both abandoned and active shafts ...

SA National Defence Force soldiers were active in Randfontein, Gauteng on Thursday, attempting to dismantle illegal mining activities.

A researcher says tackling illegal mining requires confronting the syndicates behind it, and allegations of police ...

South Africa's water crisis worsens as climate change, mining, and infrastructure failures threaten water security; urgent action is vital to avert the consequences.

Members of the South African National Defence Force carried out raids at several houses suspected to be linked to illegal mining operations in Rietvallei on the West Rand on Friday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Five miners who were trapped last week after a mudslide flooded a shaft remain unaccounted for and are “now ...

Rietberg was an underground operation active in the 1970s. Ore was transported to Nababeep for processing. The mine closed in 1981, owing to the presence of other more economical and closer deposits ...

Venetia is currently the biggest diamond mine development under way anywhere in the world. Venetia ceased openpit operations in December 2022 after 30 years of openpit production. The VUP will extend ...