We could not determine the number of people that are standing there, but it was evident that people were standing around and ...
Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all ...
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...
As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.
The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...
One miner died and rescuers are trying to save two others trapped after an accident at Slovenia's Velenje coal mine. The ...
Police have called an end to a rescue operation that was launched in South Africa to rescue about 300 illegal miners known as ZamaZamas trapped more than two kilometres underground. Police launched an ...
South African authorities have declared their rescue of any miners still trapped in an illegal mine in Stilfontein to be over ...