Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

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

Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...

Volunteers from the community who are familiar with the mine have been in the cage as it is dropped deep underground.

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

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 ...

Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said all the 14 miners who resurfaced are Mozambicans who revealed that armed Lesotho nationals were forcing the miners to work... A former chief financial officer of Dr ...