Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...

A South African court on Saturday ordered an end to the police blockade of a former gold mine, where hundreds, possibly ...

The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...

Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a crackdown on miners.

The South African government has refused to help an estimated 4,000 miners illegally occupying an underground mine in Stilfontein, attempting to “smoke them out” and crack down on illegal mining.

A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...

South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West ...

Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.

South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official ...

A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who entered an abandoned mine in search of leftover gold, refuse to come out for ...

A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who ...