An illegal miner lifted from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein has died in hospital, raising the death toll to 88 since ...

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

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine STILFONTEIN, South Africa ... are known as zama zamas ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said the mine was a "crime scene ... country's economic heartland, where gold was first discovered in the 19th Century. "Zama zamas will often spend ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

The bodies were discovered during an intense four-day rescue operation from Monday, 13 January. A total of 246 survivors, ...

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Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87.

South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...

The South African government has taken a hard-line approach to the groups, who are known as zama zamas ... South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold. Authorities said that more than 1,500 ...