Hundreds of clandestine miners at a disused South African shaft are struggling to survive in grim conditions because of a ...

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

A court says emergency workers must be allowed to enter a mine where hundreds are thought to be without food and water.

The government has refused assistance to a group of illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine in North West province, as part of a law enforcement operation aimed at deterring illegal mining ...

A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Emergency services have been at the site, in Stilfontein, around 90 miles south-west of Johannesburg ... and that "no non-emergency personnel may enter the mine shaft". The ruling comes after dozens ...

Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a ...