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

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

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

Illegal mining remains common in South Africa’s old gold-mining areas, with miners going into closed shafts to dig for any ...

A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who entered an abandoned mine in search of leftover gold, refuse to come out for ...

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

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

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

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