Ndumiso told the BBC that after being laid off by a big mining firm, he decided to join the gang in its underground world to ...

She had just given birth to their daughter, and he, with no job and a growing family to feed, risked arrest by descending thousands of feet into an abandoned gold mine, hoping to scrape enough of ...

South African authorities are denying deliveries of food, water, and other basics to an estimated 4,000 people who are underground in an illegal gold mine.

Ndumiso told the BBC that after being laid off by a big mining firm, he decided to join ... every three months or so to sell it on the black market for a huge profit, earning more than he ever ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province who have been denied access to ...

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