Police in the North West have retracted earlier claims that extortion attempts had hindered efforts to rescue illegal miners ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says now free of the “burden” of the Stilfontein legal case, authorities were hoping the retrieval operation for the illegal miners will conclude soon. The Gauteng High ...

The Gauteng High Court dismissed the Society for the Protection of our Constitution's application for relief for illegal ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

Judgment was reserved in the application for the court to urgently come to the aid of the miners who are said to be still ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...