Illegal mining is widespread in South Africa. Miners break into derelict mineshafts, oftentimes searching for leftover gold. Organized crime exploits and controls their behavior. Now, above one ...

Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...

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

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

The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, and water after police closed ...

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

The South African government has announced it will not assist approximately 4,000 illegal miners trapped in a closed mine in ...

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

South African police and ambulances were at the site Thursday of an old gold mine shaft where around 4,000 illegal miners ...