Court seeks to halt blockade on abandoned Stilfontein mine over concerns that hundreds hidden underground are at risk ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

The South African government has refused to help an estimated 4,000 miners illegally occupying an underground mine in Stilfontein, attempting to “smoke them out” and crack down on illegal mining.

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

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

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 ...

A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who entered an abandoned mine in search of leftover gold, refuse to come out for ...