As the police and army operation to flush out illegal miners continues in Stilfontein, local residents blame high unemployment in the area for this illegal activity.
A group of illegal miners within a closed mine in the North West province of South Africa have been refused access to basic ...
South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West ...
Three months after South Africa sealed most exits at a disused mine near Johannesburg in a crackdown on illegal miners, it has now agreed to rescue hundreds trapped underground — many now believed too ...
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 ...
SAFTU Food and water supplies to those underground have been halted by police seeking to force the illegal miners to come to ...
A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who entered an abandoned mine in search of leftover gold, refuse to come out for ...
A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who ...
A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...
The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...