The National Union of Mineworkers and local residents, are criticising authorities for not doing enough to prevent illegal activity.

Authorities said a week-long operation led to the arrests. Thousands of abandoned mines have become hotspots for illegal activity in South Africa. Nearly 1,000 undocumented migrants working illegally ...

The African National Congress (ANC) government has launched a mass police operation to arrest 1,000 migrant gold miners. The miners are working without permits near Barberton, a town in the northeast ...

All search and rescue operations have been suspended, due to another cave in at the Lily mine near Barberton. A huge part of ...

South African police said Friday they have arrested some 1,000 undocumented migrants working in gold mines in the northeast of the country. A police spokesman for the Mpumalanga province, where the ...

South African police said Friday they have arrested some 1,000 undocumented migrants working in gold mines in the northeast of the country. South African police patrol stand guard on the street in ...