Trading informally is not a choice but a necessity in a country where the unemployment rate is at an alarming level ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

Johannesburg, South Africa — The derelict Stilfontein ... One of the key reasons the perilous informal mining sector survives is the connivance of established gold dealers.

In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police ... And an astonishing ...

In mid-January 2024 over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police ... And an astonishing ...