Rescue workers were conducting a final sweep at a mine in Stilfontein in the North West province on Thursday to determine ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than 1.5 km underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or corpses were still there after a months-long siege by ...

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee said even though all surviving miners have been rescued, the shaft is littered with body ...

A total of 246 survivors and 78 bodies have been brought to the ground over three days of rescue operation at an abandoned ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic ...

South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have brought out all the survivors ...

Rescuers are sending a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest mines in an attempt to bring out survivors ...

A total of 246 survivors were rescued in a court-ordered operation but were immediately arrested for illegal mining.

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...