As if going off the gold standard were not enough last week, South Africa shivered ... seat of Cape Town at Africa’s nether tip; Natal on the east coast; the inland Orange Free State; and ...

Sibanye Stillwater, which owns the Kloof mine near Johannesburg, said the workers were safe and gathered at an assembly point ...

In South Africa, workers at illegal gold mines like these are known as "zama-zamas," meaning "one who takes a chance" in the Zulu language. Over the past several weeks, the zama-zamas at ...