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

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.

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 ...

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

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.

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

Tlotlisang Makoanyane last saw her boyfriend about four months ago. She had just given birth to their daughter, and he, with ...

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.