Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies for a period of time to the miners working illegally in the mine's ...

In a statement, police said 51 bodies had been retrieved by Tuesday night, following nine the previous day. The 106 survivors ...

How long have they been underground? It's not clear exactly how long the miners have been underground near the town of Stilfontein, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) southwest of Johannesburg.

South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

The blockade of the mine, near Stilfontein, a town about two hours south of Johannesburg, was part of a national campaign to root out illegal miners, who are known locally as Zama Zamas.

The prevalence of illegal mining was brought into sharp focus by the prolonged removal of zama zamas from the unused ...

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The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies to the miners working illegally in the mine's tunnels. The tactic ...