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

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

Police minister has rejected calls for an amnesty for miners to resurface without arrest Read more ...

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

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

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

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

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

Volunteer rescuers sit by the opening of a reformed gold mineshaft where illegal miners are trapped in Stilfontein, South ...

A body was brought out Thursday of an abandoned gold mine shaft in South Africa where hundreds of illegal miners were ...

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