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

The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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