"This is the only hustle we know," miners tell the BBC as they try their luck at the site in Springs.

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Gold Fields said on Thursday its full-year profit more than doubled, driven by record-high bullion prices ...

As the mines deepened, Springs became a crucial part of the East Rand’s mining belt, contributing significantly to the economic backbone of the young city of Johannesburg. The gold rush not only ...

With gold prices exceeding R83,000 per ounce, more South Africans are looking to get cash for gold JOHANNESBURG, ...

The frenzy began a while ago when a man digging a fence post in a cattle kraal claimed to have found gold.

The sector’s resilience reflects structural shifts in demand and production, with implications for competitiveness, energy ...

Name of the Project Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) operation. Location Gauteng, South Africa.

That’s how an unknown number of unauthorized miners — believed to be in the hundreds — have been surviving for weeks, possibly months, over a mile deep underground in a disused mine shaft in the South ...

Six more bodies have been recovered from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where scores of people have reportedly died underground since authorities tried to force them out and seal the mine in ...