Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
South African authorities have launched a manhunt for James Neo Tshoaeli, a gangster known by the nickname "Tiger," as well as an investigation to find out who in the South African police force ...
South African police are searching for a Lesotho gang leader, known as 'Tiger', who escaped during a police operation at an ...
South African police are searching for 'Tiger,' a gang leader involved in an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were found.
I am an anthropologist and I’ve been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for nearly three decades. I’ve also made a film with and about informal miners.