JOHANNESBURG and LONDON -- At least nine people were killed early Sunday as a group of assailants opened fired with pistols ...

Nine people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a bar outside Johannesburg early Sunday, police said, in the second such ...

Nine people were killed and 10 wounded in an early morning shooting in a township south-west of Johannesburg and authorities ...

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Gunmen killed nine people and injured 10 others in a mass shooting in Bekkersdal, South Africa; the motive remains unknown, ...

Brian Gilbertson, the South African dealmaker who helped build the global mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. before his departure ...

Authorities report that nine people have died and at least 10 others are injured after a shooting at a South African pub. The ...

Increase in illegal gold mining in abandoned mine shafts triggered wave of gang warfare as criminals fight for profits ...

In West and Southern Africa, governments signalled stronger environmental oversight, particularly around artisanal mining.

A century ago, the discovery by prospectors of precious stones south of the Orange River, which now forms part of South ...

South African miners are boosting thermal coal exports to Israel after top supplier Colombia in August ordered a total ban on ...