More than a week ago Police Minister Senzo Mchunu deployed a task team headed by local government to shut down an illegal ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

The Gauteng High Court dismissed the Society for the Protection of our Constitution's application for relief for illegal ...

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

Police say the illegal miners that are underground in Stilfontein are not trapped, as they emerged at night when they didn’t ...

JOHANNESBURG - Eleven illegal miners have resurfaced from the old Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein as Operation Vala Umgodi enters another week. Earlier this month, police intensified their bid ...

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...

The police’s murderous tactics, dubbed “surrender or starve”, have caused outrage in South Africa where unemployment has ...

President Ramaphosa clarified that illegal mining is a criminal offence that threatens economic stability, community safety, ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the Stilfontein mine in North West as a “crime scene” which remains precarious, ...

The Stilfontein mine is a crime scene,” Ramaphosa said, adding that police must secure the area while ensuring the miners' ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...