The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...

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 ...

The latest tragedy has seen at least 78 bodies and over 200 survivors brought to the surface from a mine in Stilfontein.

The alleged ringleaders in the Stilfontein mine saga are expected to be among more than 100 suspects set to appear in court ...

The large group was arrested during a special operation to retrieve scores of zama zamas at the Buffelsfontein gold mine.

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 ...

AT least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have been pulled out of the Buffelsfontein near Stilfontein in South Africa’s ...

Trapped up to 2.5 kilometres underground, the miners faced horrific conditions, with some resorting to cannibalism to survive ...

Just a day after the rescue operation at Stilfontein's abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was called off, residents are ...

Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...

The illegal miners' home countries should be held accountable for repatriating their bodies, while the government should be ...