A miner who endured six months trapped in an abandoned mine in South Africa has recounted the terrifying experience he faced ...
The miner, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals, said he surfaced on ...
Political parties in South Africa are demanding a commission of inquiry into the deaths of miners at the Stilfontein mines, ...
South African authorities have declared their rescue of any miners still trapped in an illegal mine in Stilfontein to be over. Following a court order ...
More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during a police ...
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil ...
Trapped up to 2.5 kilometres underground, the miners faced horrific conditions, with some resorting to cannibalism to survive ...
An effort to rescue survivors in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died in South Africa was put an end on ...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...