Should illegal miners receive emergency relief? The High Court's decision on Stilfontein challenges South Africa's balance ...

The Department of Social Development released a statement on Wednesday outlining measures to protect the children’s rights ...

Do illegal miners deserve emergency relief? The Stilfontein High Court ruling tests South Africa’s balance between human ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS), on Monday announced the arrest of 14 illegal miners, who emerged from an abandoned ...

South African police said Monday that 14 people were arrested after resurfacing from an illegal gold mine where hundreds of others are believed to be hiding.

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

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

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the government will not provide assistance to the large group of illegal miners currently trapped underground in Stilfontein, North West.

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the state will not be sending any help to retrieve the trapped illegal miners in Stilfontein in the North West. iStock Community members have ...

JOHANNESBURG - Thousands of illegal miners remain below ground in an unstable mining shaft in Stilfontein, in the North West, as police wait for them to surface. Last week, more than 1,000 miners ...

A community-led rescue effort to help retrieve thousands of suspected trapped illegal miners underground in Stilfontein in the North West is expected to continue today. Last week, more than 1 000 ...

Concerned residents of Khuma and Stilfontein in the North West have resolved to go underground to retrieve illegal mine workers. They say they are concerned about their health and safety. Locals say ...