No illegal miners remain underground after four days of a rescue operation at the abandoned Stilfontein <a target=_blank ...

The miners are suspected to have died of starvation and dehydration, although no causes of death have been released.

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

It will be a "mammoth task" to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week, a police ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...

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

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...

Top advisers to U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump put aside their differences - mostly - for a ...

A standoff at an illegal South African gold mine has resulted in at least 87 fatalities, highlighting tensions between police and miners. Authorities face criticism for their tough stance, while a ...

Thirty-six bodies have been lifted over two days from an abandoned South African gold mine, police said Tuesday, with fears that dozens of people were still underground.