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

As of 13:30 on Wednesday, the number of deceased suspected illegal miners extracted from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold ...

National police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said from the illegal miners, 128 were are from Mozambique, 80 are ...

South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...

“This tragedy is eerily reminiscent of the Marikana massacre, where 34 miners were killed by live ammunition in a ...

The South African government faces criticism over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners trapped during a police siege ...

STILFONTEIN - Two bodies of illegal miners recovered underground at the Stilfontein mine shaft have been identified. Police ...

With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the ...

Two volunteers are at the forefront of a government-sanctioned rescue mission to retrieve illegal miners from Shaft 11 at the ...

Sixty bodies have been removed from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, months into a campaign to try to clear out illegal ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mnatashe, visited the area yesterday, to monitor ...

A deadly crackdown at an illegal gold mine in South Africa's Stilfontein has claimed at least 78 lives, with hundreds more feared trapped. The operation, criticized by unions for negligence, has ...