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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

A team including mine safety experts, police, the army and various government departments was scheduled to meet Friday to put ...

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

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

Operation Vala Umgodi task team in the North West province has reiterated the call to those illegal miners who are still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return to the surface.

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