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 ...

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

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

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

More than 1,000 illegal miners have already resurfaced in recent weeks as the police have cracked down, and at least one dead ...

Explore the harrowing realities faced by illegal miners in Stilfontein, South Africa, as government operations prioritise ...

A team including mine safety experts, police, the army and various government departments was scheduled to meet Friday to put ...

Up to 4,000 miners are believed to be without food or water in a closed gold mine in South Africa, after authorities cut off ...

The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...

Senzo Mchunu's comments seem more conciliatory than those of a cabinet minister who previously said the government would not ...

The SA Human Rights Commission is investigating an allegation by a community member of Stilfontein in the North West that the ...