South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West ...

The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...

The miners are in a standoff with police, who have blocked their supplies of food and water and are trying to force them out ...

The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.

South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West ...

Authorities in South Africa have cut off supplies to nearly 4,000 illegal gold miners hiding underground, as the government ...

Up to 4,000 illegal miners are estimated to be underground in an abandoned mine while South African authorities try to clear ...