Five diamond miners, missing since a deep underground mudslide on Tuesday, are now presumed dead, South Africa's mining minister confirmed on Friday. Gwede Mantashe announced that the focus had ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Five diamond miners missing since Tuesday following a mudslide deep underground are presumed dead, South Africa's mining minister said on Friday after assessing rescue ...

Five diamond miners missing since Tuesday following a mudslide deep underground are presumed dead, South Africa’s mining minister said on Friday after assessing rescue efforts. Gwede Mantashe told a ...

The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South Africa's latest gold fever. Dozens of ...

Cindy Ware of Chester County realized a couple of months ago that the diamond from her ring, passed down through her late husband's family, was gone. "I still don't believe it. It's in my purse now ...

Dozens of fortune-seekers have flocked to an informal settlement in Springs, some 50 kilometres east of Johannesburg in South Africa, scouring the dirt for gold. It all started about a week ago when a ...

Holes dug by gold-seekers pockmark the earth at a township near Johannesburg - Copyright AFP MARCO LONGARI Holes dug by gold-seekers pockmark the earth at a township ...

Ekurhuleni (South Africa) (AFP) – The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South ...

The mini gold rush started when someone digging a fence-post hole noticed the soil's unusual hue and tested it in water The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble ...

Artisanal miners pan for gold in a hole dug in a patch of land where artisanal miners look for gold outside Springs, Ekurhuleni, South Africa, on February 15, 2026. [AFP] The pockmarked earth on ...