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

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

As authorities await for illegal miners trapped at the Stilfontein Gold Mine to resurface, the Gauteng High Court issued an ...

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered that the mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West, where scores of illegal ...

Earlier this week, community members in Stilfontein decided to enter the mine shaft and assist illegal miners to resurface.

Police cordoned off the shaft recently in a bid to shut down illegal mining activity at the abandoned mine – cutting off the ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has told local communities in Stilfontein in the North West where illegal miners are remain ...

Rescue operations in Stilfontein, North West, where over 4 000 illegal miners ... It also emphasised that any miners trapped ...

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

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

Police have confiscated mining equipment used in illegal operations at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West.

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