Police and underground miners in Stilfontein have been at odds for a number of days. As a result, the local police began to ...

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

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

Desperate families of illegal miners trapped in a closed mine in South Africa await their return. The miners, seeking gold, ...

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

A group of illegal miners within a closed mine in the North West province of South Africa have been refused access to basic supplies as part of the government's declared campaign against illicit ...

Family members wait outside a disused South African mine shaft, hoping for the safe return of illegal miners trapped ...

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 ...