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

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

Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein ...

The Stilfontein mine is a crime scene,” Ramaphosa said, adding that police must secure the area while ensuring the miners' ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed government's commitment to resolving the tense situation at Stilfontein in the North West, through peaceful and safe measures.

Authorities will deliver antiretroviral drugs to some of the zama zamas who are reported to be trapped in a shaft in ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that hundreds of illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine shaft must ...

The High Court in Pretoria, South Africa issued an interim order on Sunday allowing emergency personnel access to an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, where illegal miners have been remained from fear of ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called for a peaceful resolution to the standoff at a disused mine shaft in Stilfontein town North ...

South African police say a court order will not prevent them from cracking down on illegal miners hiding in disused shafts ...

We need to be clear that the activities of these miners are illegal. They pose a risk to our economy, communities and ...