South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West ...

Several hundred people are believed to be in an illegal mine in South Africa, with the government refusing to help them in a ...

Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.

The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...

Mining production has surprised on the upside in South Africa, beating expectations ... point); chromium ore (17.3% and ...

The Central African Republic (CAR) said Friday it has convinced the regulatory body for global diamond trading to end a decade-old export embargo.

Illegal miners — known locally as Zama Zama — are often men from neighboring countries who come to South Africa without the ...

South Africa may be facing increased competition from the other African nations, but it still seen as continent’s premier ...

South Africa, which has launched a major illegal mine crackdown, has cut off water and food supplies to hundreds of people digging for minerals from abandoned ...

The team went to several mining sites to verify compliance of extraction and marketing practices with international standards, designed to prevent the export of "blood diamonds" mined in conflict ...

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining ...