Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...
As per a report by The Telegraph, two survivors revealed that miners resorted to cannibalism, eating the body parts of their ...
As the race for the minerals powering the energy transition intensifies and the price of gold rises, our unique ranking ...
Commodity trading giants such as Glencore, Vitol, and Trafigura are expanding their presence in South Africa through petrol ...
Spread This NewsBy Darlington Gatsi ZIMBABWEAN authorities in South Africa are hesitant to confront the government about its ...
Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...
Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...
After three years on the run from the Rwandan-backed M23 insurgency in eastern Congo, on Sunday, with the rebels fighting ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger.
The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...