The SA Human Rights Commission is investigating an allegation by a community member of Stilfontein in the North West that the ...

The four police officers arrested for theft and defeating the ends of justice have been remanded in custody by the Barberton ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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