Civic groups claim authorities also removed the ropes and pulley systems that ... South Africa has an estimated 6,000 abandoned mines. The South African government has taken a hard-line approach ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

Civic groups claim authorities also removed the ropes and pulley systems that the miners used ... South Africa has an estimated 6,000 abandoned mines. The South African government has taken a ...

Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

The recoveries of bodies come months after the miners, who officials say were illegally mining, were first discovered and had ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

Authorities, who removed the ropes and pulley system miners used ... Rescuers work to retrieve miners from ground in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa on Tuesday.

Civic groups claim authorities also removed the ropes and pulley systems that ... South Africa has an estimated 6,000 abandoned mines. The South African government has taken a hard-line approach ...