Stilfontein’s illegal mining crisis has become a focal point of national concern as thousands of miners, including vulnerable ...

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Senzo Mchunu says they don’t know how many people remain trapped in Stilfontein mine.

Legal proceedings for the detained Mozambican miners have been postponed as the government intensifies its crackdown on ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS), on Monday announced the arrest of 14 illegal miners, who emerged from an abandoned ...

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 ...

The body has emerged from the closed gold mine in the northwest town of Stilfontein a day after South ... for weeks without basic supplies. Illegal mining remains common in South Africa's old ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa—Tlotlisang Makoanyane ... risked arrest by descending thousands of feet into an abandoned gold mine, hoping to scrape enough of the precious metal out of the rock ...

The move signaled the government was taking a more conciliatory approach compared to earlier this week, when it said it wouldn't send help to the miners under the disused Stilfontein gold mine in ...

The miners have been holed underground for weeks after police say they broke into a closed mine shaft in Stilfontein, a mining town around 95 miles from Johannesburg. Officials with the South ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain ...