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 ...

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

South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West ...

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

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

Police minister has rejected calls for an amnesty for miners to resurface without arrest Read more ...

Illegal miners — known locally as Zama Zama — are often men from neighboring countries who come to South Africa without the ...

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

A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who ...

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

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