Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South Africa, where hundreds of illegal miners were reported to be trapped, starving,

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 survivors were rescued and 78 bodies were retrieved last week.

StatsSA's report highlights the mixed performance across the mining sector, with production challenges in key areas offset by good sales growth in others.

South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago warned that US protectionist policies could fuel inflation and risk derailing future interest-rate cuts, adding that there are currently too many “moving parts” to be certain about the outlook.

Economists have shifted their interest rate expectations for South Africa in 2025 as the Reserve Bank warns of all the moving parts it has to factor in making the call.

South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an abandoned gold mine where 78 corpses were discovered last week. The police force said officials had helped James Neo Tshoaeli, a Lesotho national also known as Tiger, to escape after he was pulled up from the mine in Stilfontein.

South Africa's cricket team is facing a major crisis ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025, with at least nine of their premier fast bowlers struggling with

A private Afrikaans-only university in South Africa has shown remarkable success over the last decade, and hopes to double again in 2025

South Africa is focusing on implementing growth-enhancing reforms not regaining its investment-grade credit rating, which could take two years or more, its finance minister said on Monday.

Towerstone has had its registration as a higher education institutue cancelled amid a mixed period for private tertiary education providers.

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from a mining shaft this week, and more are believed to remain underground.