In South Africa a months long stand-off between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

Families of illegal miners plan to sue the government for accountability following the tragic deaths of zama zamas in a North ...

Scores of zama zama's who were retrieved from the Stilfontein mine in North West is expected to appear before court.

The government launched a rescue operation following a court-order mission that is focused on retrieving those trapped, ...

This is arguably the worst mass murder of miners due to state actions and a series of decisions since the dawn of democracy, ...

The move to cut off food and water supply in a bid to force the zama zamas angered some activists, who labelled the operation a humanitarian crisis.

They are among those arrested this week during a special government-led operation to shut down the underground operation at Bufflesfontein Gold Mine.

Macua spokesperson accused Kenny Kunene of 'cheap politics' after his controversial remarks on illegal miner at Stilfontein.

Just a day after the rescue operation at Stilfontein's abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was called off, residents are ...

South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

The Stilfontein mining disaster has resurfaced as a controversial issue for Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, with community leaders holding her accountable for the tragedy. This ...

More than 100 illegal miners appeared before the Stilfontein Magistrates Court on Friday morning after being arrested during ...