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

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 ...

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

Dozens of volunteers don enta one abandoned gold mine for South Africa to help thousands of illegal miners wey don dey ...

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

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

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

A team including mine safety experts, police, the army and various government departments was scheduled to meet Friday to put ...

Police say they are trying to force the miners — believed to have been underground for several weeks — to resurface ...