Johannesburg and Pilgrim’s Rest, two locations steeped in South African gold mining history, are both making it clear that ...

Dubai and Johannesburg, both known as the "City of Gold," share a profound connection to the precious metal. Dubai leads ...

Mining Weekly has just visited West Wits Mining, where Johannesburg’s former golden glow is beginning to re-show – and at a cracking pace. The gold project is a close 15 km west of Johannesburg’s ...

This Traveltalk series short discusses how Johannesburg began as a farming community, but with the discovery of gold in the area, the city embraced mining as its primary industry. Native workers came ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A new gold rush is hitting Johannesburg, literally flattening the South African city whose Zulu name “Egoli” means City of Gold. Hundreds of massive dumps of “tailings,” ...

When Roesdien Hendricks warns that his community in the heart of Johannesburg is about to explode because of illegal gold miners who scare away the police, strip power cables and divert water supplies ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...