South African residents try to rescue trapped illegal miners after police refuse help
A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...
Trapped illegal miners are innocent until proven guilty, says SAHRC
SAHRC said any approach towards the situation of the trapped illegal miners, must adhere to human rights principles.
South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal miners to the surface
The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...
Volunteers enter South Africa shaft to aid miners
Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.
Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know
Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...
South Africa cuts supplies to illegal miners hiding underground
The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.
Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared underground
Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South ...
South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...