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

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited ...

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

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...

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

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

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

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 body was brought out Thursday of an abandoned gold mine shaft in South Africa where hundreds of illegal miners were ...

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

Two illegal miners were rushed to the hospital after being brought to the surface from an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, ...

Desperate families of illegal miners trapped in a closed mine in South Africa await their return. The miners, seeking gold, ...