JOHANNESBURG - Thirteen people were arrested in Mpumalanga for suspected illegal mining activities over the Easter holiday weekend. Police said the suspects, aged between 18 and 35, were caught ...

The proposed gas exploration project in the Mpumalanga highveld will affect ... we have great concern regarding the whole process of mining and the impact on the sustainability of food production ...

Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources chairperson Mikateko Mahlaule has expressed concern about reports of mass retrenchments at mining companies in Mpumalanga. The committee is ...

More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province. Police say three bodies were recovered earlier this week on the first day of ...

The men say they were forced to mine for rocks containing gold (stock photo) More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province.

At least 33 alleged illegal miners have been brought to surface after they were trapped inside an abandoned mine in Sabie, near Mbombela, Mpumalanga. Mpumalanga police spokesperson, Brigadier ...

Mpumalanga remains the mysterious black hole which keeps expanding South Africa's backlog in mining applications. Tseliso Maqubela, deputy director-general for petroleum and regulation at the ...

Mabola Protected Area in the Mpumalanga grasslands is under threat of coal mining. Archive photo: supplied Uthaka Energy is back in court seeking to mine coal in the heart of the Mabola Protected ...

Read: Coal mine closures to impact 2.5m people, mainly in Mpumalanga In April 2019, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) refused to consider an appeal by Uthaka, finding that there was no prospect of ...

There are 66 operating coal mines in SA, most in Mpumalanga, owned by 32 private ... Cole established a risk map based on a range of criteria and found gold and coal mining areas dominated because ...