JOHANNESBURG - The face behind illegal gold mining in South Africa is that of a black man covered in dust. He is known as a ...

STILFONTEIN, NW - Police and Social Development are investigating human trafficking and slave labour cases in the North West.

By Edward DEBRAH ‘Remember, it is only when the last tree has died, the last river poisoned, and the last fish caught will we realise we cannot eat money’ – Cree Proverb ‘Galamsey’ a popular term for ...

Peru's Congress removed Energy and Mines minister Romulo Mucho from his post on Tuesday as protesters from small-scale miners ...

Lawyers for Human Rights are contemplating going back to court to push for the provision of humanitarian relief for illegal ...

Illegal gold mining, known locally as “galamsey,” has spread across Ghana this year, driven by a historic rise in global gold ...

By Ruth Kamnitzer >Illegal mining inside the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...

Liberty Coal has launched legal action against Kego Mining, alleging illegal coal extraction from the Optimum Coal Mine, ...

Madras High Court summons officials over illegal mining near reserve forests, orders treatment for activist attacked during inspection.

The Pretoria High Court has rejected an application by the Society for the Protection of our Constitution for the government ...

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South ...

Police in the North West have retracted earlier claims that extortion attempts had hindered efforts to rescue illegal miners ...