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

South African authorities are engaged in a standoff with hundreds of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's ...

South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, a day after a cabinet minister said the government was trying to ...

South Africa's government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North ...

South African police said on Sunday that 225 illegal miners had been arrested after being forced out of an abandoned mine shaft due to a lack of food and water. The miners, known locally as ...

South African police on Sunday said that 340 illegal miners were arrested after being forced out of an abandoned mine shaft due to a lack of food and water. This followed the previous arrest of ...

Downtown Johannesburg, about 175km from where the illegal miners were allegedly working. Photo / Sopotnicki.com South African police on Sunday say 340 illegal miners were arrested after being ...