The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Police minister has rejected calls for an amnesty for miners to resurface without arrest Read more ...

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

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 African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...

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