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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 team including mine safety experts, police, the army and various government departments was scheduled to meet Friday to put ...