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

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

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

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

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

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

The move by the government is part of Operation Vala Umgodi, or "Close the Hole", which is directed at illegal mining ...

An estimated 4,500 illegal miners are trapped underground in South Africa as the government attempts to smoke them out by cutting off their food and water ...

Family members wait outside a disused South African mine shaft, hoping for the safe return of illegal miners trapped ...

Police in South Africa have forced 540 illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft and arrested them. Earlier this week, ...

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

Police in South Africa have forced 540 illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft and arrested them. Earlier this week, security forces blocked deliveries of food and water to the miners in a ...