Residents living in the area have complained of adverse health conditions with some children born with serious disabilities.

“Ruthless toward the Zama Zamas and community.” As the mining industry shrank in South Africa and mine owners began to abandon unprofitable sites, Zama Zamas started digging through what ...

Six more bodies have been recovered from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where scores of people have reportedly died underground since authorities tried to force them out and seal the mine ...

Such illegal mining has long been going on across South Africa. The standoff in Stilfontein — now in its third week — has highlighted the extent of illegal mining in the country. Police ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as ...

In South Africa, workers at illegal gold mines like these are known as "zama-zamas," meaning "one who takes a chance" in the Zulu language. Over the past several weeks, the zama-zamas at ...

Many say they have no choice but to go underground and work in illegal mines to make a living. South Africa's abandoned gold mines are often targeted by illegal miners looking for gold and other ...

Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, police pulled out 60 bodies as part of a search-and-rescue ...

The miners have been stuck in Shaft 7 of Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof mine near Johannesburg since 10pm local time last night (9pm BST), according to South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers ...

South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an ...