The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

Police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the ...

After more than two months, the government has begun an operation to rescue illegal miners known as 'zama zamas,' but many ...

All 166 survivors rescued so far arrested, charged with illegal immigration, trespass and illegal mining among other offences ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

Rescue teams in South Africa have stepped up efforts to pull out survivors and the corpses of illegal miners trapped ...

South African officials have arrested more than 100 miners who had been trapped in an illegal gold mine and will detain ...

South African authorities lifted the bodies of 60 people from an abandoned gold mine, police have said. Hundreds more people ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...