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 ...

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 ...

South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North ...

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

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 ...

Senzo Mchunu's comments seem more conciliatory than those of a cabinet minister who previously said the government would not ...

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

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

Police closed off the entrances for moving supplies underground, cutting off miners’ supplies to force them to resurface for ...