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 ...

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

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

The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.

Authorities in South Africa have cut off supplies to nearly 4,000 illegal gold miners hiding underground, as the government ...

The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...

Desperate families of illegal miners trapped in a closed mine in South Africa await their return. The miners, seeking gold, ...

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

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