(NEXSTAR) – The South African government has cut off supplies to an estimated 4,000 people participating in an illegal mining operation in the town of Stilfontein. Officials are hoping the strategy ...

Still, some volunteers were seen providing water and food to the workers in the closed mine this week, urging them to regain enough strength to climb out, the AFP said.

South Africa’s government has said it will not help about 4,000 illegal workers inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province as part of an official policy against the practice. The miners ...

South Africa’s government has said it will not help about 4,000 illegal workers inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province as part of an official policy against the practice.