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

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 ...

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

Up to 4,000 miners are believed to be without food or water in a closed gold mine in South Africa, after authorities cut off ...

Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The move by the government is part of Operation Vala Umgodi, or "Close the Hole", which is directed at illegal mining ...

South Africa will be unable to shed its "junk" credit rating for years to come, credit analysts said, despite investor ...