The Golfview Mine, where Siyabonga is working, is one of several abandoned mines dotted around the town of Ermelo in the heart of South Africa's coal belt. It was once operated by Golfview Mining Ltd, ...

Four nights a week, Given Zuli packs some food, meets his colleagues at the entrance of an abandoned coal mine in South ...

Artisanal coal miner Emmanuel Siyabonga hauls a sack of coal to a client's car at the abandoned Golfview coal mine in Ermelo, South Africa. The work is grueling and hazardous but is one of the few ...

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It is released from natural sources (like wetlands) and human activities (coal mining, and oil and gas production). It is also emitted by agriculture (especially ...

Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, leaks from South Africa’s coal mines, fueling climate change while the country still ...

Brightly colored wallpaper peeling off the walls, dilapidated houses now inundated in rolling banks of sand … this is Kolmanskop, a ghost town in southern Africa’s Namib Deser ...

When you bring together a stunning subject and a talented artist, you get something truly magical. Australian photographer ...

It's a grueling and risky life for these miners, known as zama zamas, an isiZulu phrase translating loosely as "those who take a chance." Says... When Emmanuel Siyabonga was a boy, he wasn't fussy ...