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

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

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

South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North ...

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

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

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 ...

Authorities in South Africa have cut off supplies to nearly 4,000 illegal gold miners hiding underground, as the government ...

Illegal miners — known locally as Zama Zama — are often men from neighboring countries who come to South Africa without the ...

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

Operation Vala Umgodi task team in the North West province has reiterated the call to those illegal miners who are still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return to the surface.

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining ...