Johannesburg was seen as being one of the most dangerous cities in the world. But the building turned itself around 15 years ...

By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African police are hunting a gang leader from Lesotho believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were recovered last ...

South Africa is facing a wave of extortion syndicates that have infiltrated nearly every sector of its economy.

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A suspected gang leader known as "Tiger" escaped ... gold illegally in abandoned industrial mines in South Africa. The operations are thought to be run by Lesotho ...

Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...