Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has told local communities in Stilfontein in the North West where illegal miners are remain ...

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

Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...

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

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

Reports indicate that some unidentified illegal miners are planning to enter and mine in the Neung South Forest Reserve, in ...

Latin America’s criminal organizations used to make most of their billions trafficking drugs. But now, in Colombia, Peru, the ...

Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South ...

Illegal mining has plagued South Africa for decades through small-time pilfering and organised criminal networks. Many of ...

At least 10 people were killed Friday and two people injured, one of them critically, in a fire at a care home in a small ...

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

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