Hundreds of illegal miners remain underground at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein after police allegedly cut off their supplies to ‘smoke them...

The miners were left starving and dehydrated after security forces cut off their access to food and water.

About 1,000 gold miners have already been arrested and the army and police are waiting for the rest.

South Africa's government says it will not help 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied...

An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them...

JOHANNESBURG (AP): South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West...

Police in South Africa have forced 540 illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft and arrested them. Earlier this week, security forces blocked...

The miners have been in a mineshaft in Stilfontein, in the North West province, for about a month. Nomsa Maseko in Johannesburg & Danai Nesta...

South African police said 225 illegal miners were arrested after being forced out of an abandoned mine shaft due to a lack of food and water.

South Africa has cut off access to food and water for illegal miners hiding in abandoned pits in an effort to force them out for arrest Read Full...