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 ...

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 ...

Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine.

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

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 ...

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

A group of illegal miners within a closed mine in the North West province of South Africa have been refused access to basic supplies as part of the government's declared campaign against illicit ...

Members of the South African Police Service stationed at the abandoned Stilfontein mine shaft in the North West have finally ...

A court says emergency workers must be allowed to enter a mine where hundreds are thought to be without food and water.