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

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging ...

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

In a statement, police said 51 bodies had been retrieved by Tuesday night, following nine the previous day. The 106 survivors ...

With the sheer numbers of illegal miners turning up dead, a small town like Klerksdorp doesn't appear to have capacity to ...

CAPE TOWN - As the death toll in Stilfontein in the North West mounts, so is the criticism. Trade Union Federation COSATU ...

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe was in the North West town on Tuesday afternoon where a mass rescue and retrieval ...