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 ...
South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North ...
Authorities in South Africa have cut off supplies to nearly 4,000 illegal gold miners hiding underground, as the government ...
Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after authorities cut off their supplies and ...
Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining ...
The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.
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