An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but certainly not one of the kingpins.

The miners trapped at Stilfontein resorted to horrifying measures to stay alive.

South African police confirm the partly decomposed body of one miner had been brought to the surface from inside the Stilfontein mine in the country's North West province Thursday morning.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa. (AP) — Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and wracking coughs echoed in the ...

JOHANNESBURG -As rescue operations to bring hundreds of illegal miners back up to the surface continue, the body of an unidentified zama zama has been retrieved from an abandoned mine in Stilfontein.

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 ...

Rescue workers, left, remove a body from a reformed mineshaft where illegal miners are inside in Stilfontein, South Africa on Thursday.

The Court has dismissed an application by the the Society for the Protection of our Constitution to seek final relief for the illegal miners.

There is still at least 4 000 illegal miners still trapped inside one of the abandoned mine shaft which is the centre of Operation Vala Umgodi in the North West.

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 ...