Ed Stoddard

By Zandi Shabalala and Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In his spare time, South Africa's tough new mines minister, Ngoako Ramatlhodi, enjoys stalking game with a rifle in the wild...

RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - The chanting began around midnight, a chilling message through the cold of the early South African winter to those who had dared to cross the...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Impala Platinum described on Friday as "devastating" the impact on its employees of a 16-week strike at its main South African operation in Rustenburg and said it...

MTHATHA, South Africa (Reuters) - When the world's top three platinum firms opted to tackle South Africa's worst mining strike by sidestepping the militant AMCU union, they faced a huge...

ISIMANGALISO, South Africa (Reuters) - If the African National Congress maintains its 65 percent majority in South Africa's May 7 election, it will be thanks in large part to rural...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's government mediator met with the striking Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) on Wednesday to restart talks aimed at ending a crippling platinum strike...

KATSE DAM, Lesotho (Reuters) - The gorgeous scenery is a welcome distraction from the aches in your legs as you run along a dirt road twisting through African villages and...