In South Africa a months long stand-off between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.

The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...

Allegations that the miners resorted to eating human flesh in order to survive were also made by other miners who were ...

As day two of the 10-to-16-day operation to rescue illegal miners trapped underground at the Buffelsfontein gold mine just outside Stilfontein came to a close on Tuesday evening, 14 January, the ...

Lerato Moloi, a resident of Khuma township in Stilfontein, told Daily Maverick on Tuesday that while she understands why the government has continuously stressed that many of the illegal miners ...

Thirty-six bodies have been lifted out of an abandoned South African gold mine over two days, police said Tuesday, with fears that dozens of people are still underground despite a months-long effort ...

Blinded by the bright summer sun, haggard survivors staggered across ochre soil mixed with rubble near Stilfontein ... for the residents of the Khuma township, told AFP. He said that many of ...

More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during a police ...