Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa. (AP) — Dozens of men sat and lay ... The miner, a 40-year-old father of six children, exited the mine in December through a separate shaft that had steel stairs.

A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba ...

in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Around 2,000 workers were trapped as authorities refused to intervene initially, citing the miners' illegal activities. More AP Photo/Themba ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ... from human rights organisations and local residents. A 26-year-old woman living near Stilfontein, who gave her name as Matumelo ...

As South Africa battles with the reality of the Stilfontein disaster - where at least 78 illegal gold miners have died and more than 240 Zama Zamas - large-scale gold mining companies and Bench ...

shows bruises on his hands that he got while climbing out of the mine, during an interview with The Associated Press, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ...

South Africa Pulls 36 Corpses From Illegal ... human rights organisations and local residents. A 26-year-old woman living near Stilfontein, who gave her name as Matumelo, said her husband had ...

emaciated miners All 82 pulled out alive to face criminal prosecution Government labels illegal mining 'war on economy' STILFONTEIN, South Africa, Jan 14 (Reuters) - South African rescuers have ...