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

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

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

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

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 ...

Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after authorities cut off their supplies and ...

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

Three months after South Africa sealed most exits at a disused mine near Johannesburg in a crackdown on illegal miners, it has now agreed to rescue hundreds trapped underground — many now believed too ...

South Africa’s government says it will not help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West Province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official ...