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

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

A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West ...