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Dozens of fortune-seekers have flocked to an informal settlement in Springs, some 50 kilometres east of Johannesburg in South Africa, scouring the dirt for gold. It all started about a week ago when a ...

Artisanal miners pan for gold in a hole dug in a patch of land where artisanal miners look for gold outside Springs, Ekurhuleni, South Africa, on February 15, 2026. [AFP] The pockmarked earth on ...

The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South Africa's latest gold fever. Dozens of ...

Holes dug by gold-seekers pockmark the earth at a township near Johannesburg - Copyright AFP MARCO LONGARI Holes dug by gold-seekers pockmark the earth at a township ...