The government in South Africa says it will not help about 4,000 miners inside an illegal closed mine in the country's North ...

Fifty-five of the more than 500 zama-zamas arrested this weekend were unable to attend court at the Stilfontein Magistrate’s ...

Authorities have spent weeks trying to “smoke them out” to bring an end to the underground standoff in the town of ...

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In this joint operation, over 1000 illegal miners have been arrested in Stilfontein. Many of them are muddy and dirty after being underground for months and some for years. Some are youths ...

The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine. The ...

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the government will not provide assistance to the large group of illegal miners currently trapped underground in Stilfontein, North West.

JOHANNESBURG - Thousands of illegal miners remain below ground in an unstable mining shaft in Stilfontein, in the North West, as police wait for them to surface. Last week, more than 1,000 miners ...