The South African rand jumped on Monday as markets waited for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's policy announcements for clarity on his administration's fiscal stance. At 1430 GMT the rand traded at 18.

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 sur

Police were widely condemned for the months-long operation in which they cut off food and water supplies to the miners in an attempt to force them out of the mine to face arrest

South African police are hunting a gang leader from Lesotho believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were recovered last week after months of police siege.