South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

Several governments across Southern Africa grew increasingly authoritarian and intolerant of dissent throughout 2024.

The backlog of subsidised public housing in South Africa is estimated at 2.4 million ... distribute food and support displaced families. However, past studies have shown that public officials may ...

South African police announce sudden end of mine rescue operation, say they believe all survivors and bodies retrieved.

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

At least 78 illegal miners have been pulled out dead from a South African mine where police blocked food and water supplies for months in what trade unions described as a "horrific" state crackdown on ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

The South African government faced growing criticism on Wednesday over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners who were ...

While earthquakes are common in the region, Tuesday's quake was the most powerful recorded within a 200-kilometre radius in ...

South Africa's rand was little changed early on Wednesday, ahead of a purchasing managers' index (PMI) survey for the ...