Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

Police have arrested suspected illegal mining kingpins who allegedly tortured, assaulted, starved and killed zama zamas at ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee says even though all surviving illegal miners have rescued, the shaft is littered with body ...

In a police crackdown at an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, 78 people died and hundreds were rescued. The ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

A police operation in Stilfontein will continue, despite initial reports that there are "no longer any illegal miners ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has emphasised the urgent need for a comprehensive investigation into the Buffelsfontein Mine in ...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the deaths of the Stilfontein illegal miners are reminiscent of the ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...

South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...