The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

Authorities faced growing anger and a possible investigation over their initial refusal to help the miners and instead “smoke ...

Volunteers from the community who are familiar with the mine have been in the cage as it is dropped deep underground.

By Nellie Peyton and Xolani Nhlapo STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on ...

A total of 246 survivors were rescued in a court-ordered operation but were immediately arrested for illegal mining.

A technical team driving an operation to shutdown an illicit mining network sent high-tech equipment down shaft 11 earlier on ...

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

South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have brought out all the survivors ...