Phase 3 of the official rescue operation kicked off on Monday after a cage was sent down the shaft to retrieve illegal miners underground. A cage set to retrieve hundreds of illegal miners from ...

Discover how South Africa's innovative Mobile Mines Rescue Winder played a pivotal role in rescuing 246 miners from the ...

On Thursday, cameras were lowered 1,000 metres of the 2.6km deep shaft to scan for signs of life. No movement was seen on camera and no sound was detected. Rescuers cross the caution tape near a ...

to help rescue miners that are still trapped in Stilfontein. The court made the ruling after an urgent application brought by Zinzi Tom, whose brother, Ayanda Toot, is among the hundreds of miners ...