Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...

An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in ...

Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after authorities cut off their supplies and ...

South African authorities try to force as many as 4,000 illegal miners - known as zama zamas - to return to the surface, by denying them food and water. The miners, who have been stuck underground, ...

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

South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...

Illegal miners — known locally as Zama Zama — are often men from neighboring countries who come to South Africa without the ...

An estimated 4,500 illegal miners are trapped underground in South Africa as the government attempts to smoke them out by cutting off their food and water ...

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

The South African government says it will not help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an ...

South African police are involved in a standoff with illegal miners in a disused shaft, amidst efforts to curb illegal mining across the nation. Police have been cutting off supplies, leading to over ...

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