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' ...

Police received a request for medication from the trapped illegal miners at Stilfontein. About 4,000 zama zamas remain ...

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

President Ramaphosa clarified that illegal mining is a criminal offence that threatens economic stability, community safety, ...

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

He said described the situation as precarious but urged the police to respect the miners’ rights and not put their lives at ...

Picture: Emmanuel Croset / AFP A plan is in place to rescue illegal miners trapped in an abandoned shaft in Stilfontein, ...

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

JOHANNESBURG: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for a peaceful resolution to the standoff at a disused mine ...