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

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

South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West ...

The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the entrances used to transport their supplies ...

A group of illegal miners within a closed mine in the North West province of South Africa have been refused access to basic supplies as part of the government's declared campaign against illicit ...