Steeped in centuries of old diamond history, a seaside city in Africa has been left abandoned and frozen in time for over 70 ...

Namibia, while renowned for its expansive deserts and abundant wildlife, holds a lesser-known yet equally captivating allure: ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 ...

There are thought to be at least 50 000 informal miners working underground in South Africa. According to the auditor general ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP ... that there are about 6,000 abandoned mines and that close to $1 billion is lost annually in revenue due to illicit mining. A community-led rescue effort ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6,000 abandoned or closed mines to search for leftover deposits. According ...

South African authorities on Monday suspended rescue operations for an unspecified number of alleged illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine shaft west of Johannesburg due to safety concerns.

Why Hundreds of Miners Are Still Trapped and Feared Starving in an Abandoned South Africa Mine CAPE TOWN, South Africa ... to force out the men who were mining illegally at the closed ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned ...