Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South ...

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

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

The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...

Preparations have begun for a rescue operation of hundreds of illegal miners, in a two-kilometer deep disused gold mine in ...

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

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

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

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

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi (plug the hole), South ...

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