A South African court on Saturday ordered an end to the police blockade of a former gold mine, where hundreds, possibly thousands, of illegal miners are thought to be underground.

Around the gaping shaft of a disused mine, the South African police on Saturday waited to pounce on anyone trying to escape ...

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

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 ...

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

The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...

Desperate relatives of possibly hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft in South Africa waited ...

The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.

Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South ...

South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...