Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.

The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...

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 relatives of possibly hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft in South Africa waited ...

The company has announced the appointment of a new group CEO and deputy group CEO, effective from 1 January 2025.

South Africa’s government will not help the illegal miners inside a closed mine as part of an official policy against illegal ...

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

Several hundred people are believed to be in an illegal mine in South Africa, with the government refusing to help them in a ...

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

The South African government has assembled a team of mine rescue experts to devise a plan for bringing illegal miners to the ...