Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...

The illegal miner said the idea of eating human flesh started as a joke among those trapped underground. But as time marched ...

Scores of zama zama's who were retrieved from the Stilfontein mine in North West is expected to appear before court.

The government launched a rescue operation following a court-order mission that is focused on retrieving those trapped, ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...

As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging ...

South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

This is arguably the worst mass murder of miners due to state actions and a series of decisions since the dawn of democracy, ...

These 78 workers were murdered by the ANC government. Its barbarous actions are a devastating indictment of bourgeois ...

The bodies of 78 zama zamas were recovered from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to shut down an elaborate illicit mining network in the area.

The move to cut off food and water supply in a bid to force the zama zamas angered some activists, who labelled the operation a humanitarian crisis.