The decomposing body of an illegal mine has been recovered at the Stilfontein mine, while more surfaced on Thursday. Police ...

Several hundred people are believed to be trapped in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off water and ...

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

An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in ...

South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North ...

A body was brought out of an abandoned South African gold mine as police tried to evict hundreds of illegal miners hiding out ...

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

South African authorities are engaged in a standoff with hundreds of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's ...