Credit: EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP/Getty South Africa's abandoned gold mines are often targeted by illegal miners looking for gold and other minerals left behind by the previous commercial operations.

The developing story at Kloof is only the latest mining incident to hit South Africa, which has 561 legal mines along with a number of illegal operations. In January, at least 100 men who were ...

Legacy mines were typically closed to the standards of the day, with little to no consideration for future changes in surface conditions, climate or development. As such South Africa has many mine ...

In South Africa, workers at illegal gold mines like these are known as "zama-zamas," meaning "one who takes a chance" in the Zulu language. Over the past several weeks, the zama-zamas at ...

JOHANNESBURG (A0) - South Africa’s government says it won’t ... Stilfontein is one of the mines that were targeted by police as they intensified their operation in the North West province ...

South Africa's move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out over the coming decades. This transition away from a fossil-fuel based economy will affect over 100,000 ...

We cannot say for sure that the operation has been called off at this stage." Many mines in South Africa have been abandoned over the last three decades by companies that did not find them ...