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 ...

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 ...

Dozens of local volunteers have stepped up to help rescue what could be thousands of miners feared trapped underground in an ...

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

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

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

The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...

Explore the harrowing realities faced by illegal miners in Stilfontein, South Africa, as government operations prioritise ...

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

The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.

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.