The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed 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' ...

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

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

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that hundreds of illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine shaft must ...

We need to be clear that the activities of these miners are illegal. They pose a risk to our economy, communities and ...

South African police say a court order will not prevent them from cracking down on illegal miners hiding in disused shafts ...

Stilfontein, a town in South Africa’s North West province, has become a focal point for the country’s growing illegal mining ...

South African police say they will continue to arrest any illegal miners who emerge from a disused gold mine where hundreds, ...