The recent Stilfontein disaster, claiming 78 lives, has exposed the devastating scale of South Africa's illegal gold mining ...

Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners in Stilfontein, resulting in close to 80 ...

Police say the death toll in a standoff with miners trapped while working illegally at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa ...

Police said 78 bodies were retrieved in a court-ordered rescue operation, with 246 survivors also pulled out from deep ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

In South Africa, a government crackdown on an illegal gold mine led to a state siege, causing 78 deaths. Volunteers ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

Mine rescue workers work on a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine, where miners were ...

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

In a police crackdown at an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, 78 people died and hundreds were rescued. The ...