Stilfontein resident, Thandeka Thom said there were no job opportunities in the area and desperation drives many to become ...

South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official ...

South Africa's government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North ...

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

Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested ...

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

Hundreds of illegal miners remain underground at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein after police allegedly cut off their ...

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 ...

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