Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of ...

In South Africa, a months-long standoff between police and illegal gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

(Themba Hadebe/The Associated Press) Illegal mining is a common practice in South Africa, where more than 30 per cent of people are unemployed. Migrants and others desperate to make ends meet ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

Illegal mining is rife at some of South Africa’s approximately 6,000 disused or abandoned mines where official operations have ended. Large groups of miners often go underground for months to ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South Africa where dozens of ...