Police say 350-400 people have stayed in Stilfontein mine to avoid arrest after minister vowed to ‘smoke them out’ ...

In South Africa, for weeks, hundreds or possibly thousands of illegal miners remain underground in a stil-fontein town in the ...

Hundreds of illegal gold miners are struggling to survive underground after authorities blockaded them. The government says ...

A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners and allow emergency workers to gain access to a ...

He said described the situation as precarious but urged the police to respect the miners’ rights and not put their lives at ...

Spread This NewsReuters South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff ...

South Africa's president warns lives should not be put at risk in the standoff between police and illegal miners.

Ramaphosa urged the police to respect the miners' rights and not put their lives at risk and said his government would work ...

Police also say some of the miners could be armed, and that would pose a risk to officials rescuing them. Illegal mining is a ...

When zama zamas go hungry deep underground in the abandoned mines where they illegally mine for gold, they sometimes resort ...

As the South African Human Rights Commission investigates police actions, the Gauteng High Court has ruled that emergency ...

Police have received a request for ARV treatment from trapped illegal miners at Stilfontein. About 4,000 of them remain ...