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

The decomposing body of an illegal mine has been recovered at the Stilfontein mine, while more surfaced on Thursday. Police ...

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

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 ...