With the sheer numbers of illegal miners turning up dead, a small town like Klerksdorp doesn't appear to have capacity to ...

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

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A group representing informal miners in South Africa says least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from ...

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa where the toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police try to ...

At least 78 illegal miners have been pulled out dead from a South African mine where police blocked food and water supplies for months in what trade unions described as a "horrific" state crackdown on ...

Forensic service vehicles arrive at the site where a rescue operation continues for miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine ...

A devastating state crackdown in South Africa has resulted in the deaths of at least 78 illegal miners in a Stilfontein gold ...

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