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

Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a ...

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.

A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who entered an abandoned mine in search of leftover gold, refuse to come out for ...

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

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 ...

An estimated 4,500 illegal miners are trapped underground in South Africa as the government attempts to smoke them out by cutting off their food and water ...

Desperate relatives of possibly hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft in South Africa waited ...

Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South ...