Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...
At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...
South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of ...
South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months.
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
Rescue teams in South Africa have stepped up efforts to pull out survivors and the corpses of illegal miners trapped ...
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months, with more than 100 ...