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

Explore the harrowing realities faced by illegal miners in Stilfontein, South Africa, as government operations prioritise ...

Community volunteers from Khuma near Stilfontein in the North West have resumed their operation to retrieve illegal miners ...

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

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

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 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 ...

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

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