A former mineworker has urged the government to share out a pension scheme surplus, leading to extra pension payments for thousands of former staff. Stuart Porthouse, who spent 32 years working at ...

Former mineworker David Macana fought hard to overcome a pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis - not just once, but three times - and is now determined to ensure that other people also beat the odds and ...

Miners’ Strike should ‘never be forgotten’, says mineworker 40 years on ·PA Media: Money Dave Higgens, PA Thu, 29 Feb 2024, 2:53 am5 min read ...

Health and safety in South Africa’s mining industry has steadily improved over the past 15 years. In 2007, the industry recorded over 200 deaths and while that number has been significantly reduced ...

A mineworker died in an accident at Blyvoor Gold mine in Carletonville, west of Johannesburg, yesterday while several of his colleagues were injured. Several ambulances and a helicopter were ...

Fewer mineworker deaths so far this year Minerals Council invests well over R40m towards achieving ‘zero harm’ at mines.

A mineworker died in an accident at Blyvoor Gold mine in Carletonville, west of Johannesburg, yesterday while several of his colleagues were injured.

Lord Mason of Barnsley was one of the most influential politicians of the 1970s but never forgot his roots as a mineworker who became the MP for his home town. He was Labour's Defence Secretary ...

A mineworker at a coal mine near Dundee in northern KwaZulu-Natal died on Wednesday when a roof support apparently collapsed and struck him. Norman Slater, MD of Slater Coal, which operates the ...

The title of the world's oldest man is now held by an Italian, according to media reports. Arturo Licata, a 111-year-old former mineworker from Sicily, earned the title after former record holder ...

In 2008, James Ntseane borrowed 8,000 rand ($931) from African Bank Investments Ltd. to pay for his grandmother’s funeral in the South African village of Ganyesa. It seemed so easy the platinum ...