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

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

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

A body was brought out of an abandoned South African gold mine as police tried to evict hundreds of illegal miners hiding out ...

Upwards of 4,000 illegal miners are believed to be inside an abandoned shaft in the country's North West province. A ...

Community members rally to rescue estimated 4 000 illegal miners trapped in abandoned Stilfontein shaft, amid desperation and fear.

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

As thousands of illegal miners remain underground at the Stilfontein mine in North-West, Presidency Minister Khumbudzo ...

Operation Vala Umgodi task team in the North West province has reiterated the call to those illegal miners who are still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return to the surface.

A body has been recovered from a South African mine after police cut off basic supplies in an effort to force around 4,000 ...

Up to 4,000 illegal miners are estimated to be underground in an abandoned mine while South African authorities try to clear ...

Helen Zille, in the wake of remarks by Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, said the illegal miners must be arrested and prosecuted ...