Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South ...

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

Preparations have begun for a rescue operation of hundreds of illegal miners, in a two-kilometer deep disused gold mine in ...

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...

South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North ...

Ramaphosa urged the police to respect the miners' rights and not put their lives at risk and said his government would work ...

This article explores the complex relationship between unemployment and illegal mining in South Africa, highlighting the ...

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

Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested ...

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