South African Miners

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  India, South Africa To Deepen Ties In Defence, Manufacturing Sectors

  Ratcheting up their traditional ties, India and South Africa today agreed to deepen engagement in key areas of defence production, manufacturing, mining and minerals while vowing to cooperate "actively" in combating terrorism and dealing with issues at multilateral fora.

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  4 Killed In South African Platinum Mine Fire

  Four miners have died in an underground fire in a platinum mine near South Africa's main city Johannesburg, the Impala group said in a statement.

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  South African Coal Miners End Strike

  South African coal mineworkers today ended a 10-day strike after reaching a pay agreement with employers, their union said, relieving pressure on the country's strained power supply.

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  South Africa's Mine Massacre Town Sees Little Change 3 Years On

  Almost three years after South African police shot 34 striking miners dead outside platinum producer Lonmin's Marikana mine, little has changed in this hardscrabble town that has become a symbol of post-apartheid hardship and inequities.

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  South Africa Mining Massacre Report to be Submitted Today

  The official report into the police killing of 34 South African miners in 2012 is due to be submitted to President Jacob Zuma today, with rights groups demanding that its findings are published immediately.

• Nearly 500 South African Workers Rescued after Mine Fire

  Nearly 500 miners who were trapped underground by a fire at a gold mine in South Africa on Sunday were brought to the surface safely, a spokeswoman for mining company Harmony Gold said.

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  Gold Steady; Platinum Gains as South African Strike Ends

  South Africa's AMCU union declared a five-month platinum strike "officially over" on Monday, bringing to an end the longest work stoppage in the country's history. Miners are expected to return to work this week.

• Eight Miners Shot Dead at South African Gold Mine

  Eight suspected illegal gold miners were found shot dead at a disused mine near Johannesburg at the weekend, police said Monday.

• South Africa Government in Final Bid to Help End Platinum Strike

  The world's largest platinum producers and striking South African miners were holding last-ditch talks under government mediation Monday in a bid to end a crippling five-month strike.

• With picks and prayers, illegal miners risk all for South African gold

  After eight days decomposing in a disused South African gold mine, 32-year-old Blessing's body was so bloated it could barely fit through the tiny tunnel entrance hidden at the foot of a towering mine dump in a town east of Johannesburg.

• South African miner Gold Fields fires 8,500 strikers

  South African miner Gold Fields on Tuesday fired 8,500 workers who refused to halt an illegal stoppage at its KDC East mine, a spokesman said.

• South African police kill two more in crackdown on striking miners

  South African police have killed two more people in a crackdown on striking miners, labour advocates said on Thursday, with the victims being a ruling party municipal councillor who died of injuries from a rubber bullet and a miner who was run over by an armoured car.

• Four shot at mine owned by South Africa President's nephew

  Police and politicians say four miners have been shot and injured, apparently by security guards using rubber bullets at a gold mine owned by the South African president's nephew and a grandson of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

• South Africa to withdraw murder charges against miners

  South Africa's top prosecutor announced Sunday that she is withdrawing controversial murder charges against 270 miners for the killings of 34 striking co-workers shot dead by police. The National Union of Metal Workers meanwhile demanded the suspension of the officers responsible for the shootings.

• Higher wage demands spread to other South African mines

  South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday told striking miners the nation's leaders are mourning with them but he refused their request that he visit the dusty site where police killed 34 strikers and wounded another 78. The killings have caused outrage and eroded support for the party that brought down apartheid and has governed for the near...