Down a shaft that plunged more than a mile below the earth in South Africa’s old mining heartland, a man’s life hung in the ...

Hundreds of illegal miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, in South Africa’s North West province, will ...

attracting thousands of fortune-seekers and turning it into South Africa’s economic powerhouse. Even today, gold mining remains a big part of the city’s identity. Just southwest of ...

Illegal miners in South Africa’s old mining towns — or zama-zama, as they’re called — are often said to come from neighboring countries. It’s also common for them to spend months ...

In the small town of Stilfontein, some 90 miles from the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, hundreds, possibly thousands, of ...

Many do not make it out alive," said the 52-year-old, who spoke to the ... committee on mineral resources. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said the mine was a "crime scene", but police ...

We didn’t send them there," Ntshavheni said. Illegal mining remains common in South Africa's old gold-mining areas, with miners going into closed shafts to dig for any possible remaining deposits.

(CNN) — Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies and refused to help them, in a dramatic bid to crack down on ...

Along with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red light district - that has grown up deep underground at a disused gold mine ...