Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold ...

This year’s Mining Indaba got me thinking—not just about the scale of South Africa’s mineral wealth but about the systems ...

I am an anthropologist and I've been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for nearly three ... industry's formal operations over a century and a half.

I am an anthropologist and I’ve been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for nearly three ... s formal operations over a century and a half. The horrors in ...

Aside from traditional engagement rings, this season you will see many bespoke pieces including diamond Toi et Moi and ...

The vast Witwatersrand goldfield, where the Stilfontein mine is located, was the focus of a heady gold rush in the 19th century ... bandied about in South Africa, illegal mining is not exclusively ...

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

In 2018, Ghana overtook South Africa as the largest producer of gold in Africa, with artisanal and small-scale mining accounting ... beginning of the twentieth century is entirely relevant today.

Zama zamas operate in some of the more than 6 000 abandoned mines that helped power South Africa’s gold rush a century ago. Many are desperate South Africans seeking a way out of poverty ...

Africa boasts one of the world's richest cities that stands comparison with other financial metropolises such as London or New York. Often known as the City of Gold, Johannesburg in South Africa ...