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

Volunteer rescuers sit by the opening of a reformed gold mineshaft where illegal miners are trapped in Stilfontein, South ...

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

The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...

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

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.

The Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited (CNML) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring responsible gold mining that protects ...