Hundreds are still believed to be trapped on Wednesday and the death toll is expected to rise in a disaster that has focused ...

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

South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought ...

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

No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue ...

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

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

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

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

Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from ...

The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew ...