The death toll has risen to 51 with the nationalities of those who have died in the bowels of the earth not specified.

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

Sixty bodies have been removed from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, months into a campaign to try to clear out illegal ...

Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) went after a photographer outside the Capitol on Wednesday and shouted that he was an “a–hole” for capturing him on camera — amid mounting concerns about the ...

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 miners were confirmed dead, police said, and 246 survivors had been rescued. The victims were suspected to have died of starvation or dehydration, civic groups said, although no cause of ...

The police have confirmed the surfacing and arrest of six more suspected illegal miners at two shafts in Stilfontein in the North West on Wednesday. Two of them were brought up in a community-led ...

Government says a number of illegal miners, known as Zama Zamas, have voluntarily emerged from the disused mine shafts in Stilfontein, indicating that these individuals have the capability to exit ...

Illegal miners who were rescued from the depths of Shaft 10 at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein in the North West say that conditions have become so desperate that those still underground ...

An aerial view of one of the three shafts used by illegal miners in Stilfontein. Picture: Saps A letter sent from under the Stilfontein earth highlights the dire situation facing illegal miners.

The group of illegal miners holed up underground at the disused mines at Stilfontein in North West have sent two letters, alleging that more than 100 people have died in the deep shafts.

Natjoints highlighted the challenges of the Stilfontein operation compared to other rescue efforts. “Unlike the Sabie operation, in which the shaft is 150 meters deep, the Stilfontein shaft is 2 ...