We could not determine the number of people that are standing there, but it was evident that people were standing around and ...

Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies from an ...

Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa. Typically, undocumented miners known as zama zamas - from an isiZulu expression for "taking a chance" - move into mines abandoned by ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

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

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

One miner died and rescuers are trying to save two others trapped after an accident at Slovenia's Velenje coal mine. The ...

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 ...

Police have called an end to a rescue operation that was launched in South Africa to rescue about 300 illegal miners known as ZamaZamas trapped more than two kilometres underground. Police launched an ...

South African authorities have declared their rescue of any miners still trapped in an illegal mine in Stilfontein to be over ...