A South African court on Saturday ordered an end to the police blockade of a former gold mine, where hundreds, possibly ...

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 ...

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 crackdown on miners.

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 ...

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

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

Up to 4,000 miners are believed to be without food or water in a closed gold mine in South Africa, after authorities cut off ...

The Boksburg arrests come as the country's security agencies are grappling with an estimated 4000 illegal gold miners who are ...