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

South African police lowered a camera down more than 1.5 km underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or corpses were still there after a months-long siege by ...

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee said even though all surviving miners have been rescued, the shaft is littered with body ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working ...

National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, speaks to journalist outside an abandoned gold mine, where miners are rescued ...

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

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

More than 1,500 illegal miners have been arrested at Stilfontein since August, when authorities first started to remove them ...

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 ...