Miners are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the ...

The SAPS task team in the North West has called on those illegal miners still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return ...

Last week, more than 1,000 of the illegal miners emerged from a mine shaft in Orkney, after running out of food and water and ...

An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in ...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga, together with Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, will this morning (Friday ...

Illegal mining has been a major concern in the area for a long time with the notorious zama zamas (illegal miners) exploiting nearly every open piece of land to dig for gold, causing untold havoc on ...

The latest incident on Saturday, November 9, happened in the boundary between Bassa, Jos South and Jos North LGAs in Plateau ...

South Africa’s government says it will not help about 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West ...

On The SA Morning Soapbox, we ask if government’s approach to the illegal miners underground in the North West is justifiable ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Angelo Djessan works on a mural at the ...