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

Illegal miners in a "dangerous" stand-off with police in South Africa are committing a crime by staying underground in a ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Family members wait outside a disused South African mine shaft, hoping for the safe return of illegal miners trapped ...

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

Illegal mining has plagued South Africa for decades through small-time pilfering and organised criminal networks. Many of ...