Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...

At least 20 Zimbabwean nationals lost their lives after being trapped in the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa, ...

South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...

Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of South African miners.

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said that 78 bodies were retrieved in a court-ordered rescue operation, with 246 ...

THE death toll has risen to at least 87 in a stand-off between police and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned goldmine in South Africa, police said today. This came as ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

An operation to rescue illegal workers from a disused gold mine in South Africa yields more people -some dead. And why Russia is expanding its role in Africa’s nuclear sector. Dozens of survivors and ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...