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

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

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

STILFONTEIN, South Africa - South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether anyone was left ...

Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 ...

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

Minister Gwede Mantashe has called for intensified efforts to combat illegal mining, describing it as a crime against the ...

Rescue workers were conducting a final sweep at a mine in Stilfontein in the North West province on Thursday to determine ...