South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and ...

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

The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed in underground shafts to the ...

A South African court on Saturday ordered an end to the police blockade of a former gold mine, where hundreds, possibly ...

Police officers escort community members to a mine shaft to negotiate with miners underground to resurface in Stilfontein on 13 November 2024. Picture: Emmanuel Croset / AFP A plan is in place to ...

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining ...

The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...

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

A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...

Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a crackdown on miners.

South Africa’s government will not help the illegal miners inside a closed mine as part of an official policy against illegal ...