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 won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West ...

South Africa’s government will not help the illegal miners inside a closed mine as part of an official policy against illegal ...

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

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

South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, a day after a cabinet minister said the government was trying to ...

Members of Mozambican police walk as they disperse people gathering to take part in the peaceful marches called by ...

South African police said on Sunday that 225 illegal miners had been arrested after being forced out of an abandoned mine shaft due to a lack of food and water. The miners, known locally as ...

South African police on Sunday said that 340 illegal miners were arrested after being forced out of an abandoned mine shaft due to a lack of food and water. This followed the previous arrest of ...