The South African Police Service defended itself against claims that it arrested a volunteer, released information about ...

We need to know who was buying the gold, the methods used to transport it and who was complicit in facilitating these.

By A Correspondent A total of 33 Zimbabwean nationals are among 246 illegal miners who were retrieved and arrested during the South African government’s ongoing extraction operation at an ...

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

Families of illegal miners plan to sue the government for accountability following the tragic deaths of zama zamas in a North ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

Dad instincts” kicked in for firefighters and police with the right tools and training to get baby and mom from frigid water ...

Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of South African miners.

A rescue team in South Africa has finished a recovery operation to find more than 200 miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reports.

The Embassy is working closely with the South African government to identify and verify the nationalities of the individuals ...