In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein ... These are the ...

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

According to authorities, most of the miners were from other southern African countries. The mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, has been the scene of a standoff between police and miners since ...

South African police have concluded a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in North West province ... iAfrica stands as one of South Africa's most enduring portals. In 2018, Africa.com ...

Mzwandile Mkwayi, 36, was one of two volunteers from the local township of Khuma, where most of the miners ... would never be found. Illegal mining cost South Africa over $3 billion last year ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa-South African rescuers ended their attempts on Jan 16 to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least ... of Khuma, where most of the miners lived, who spent ...

CEO of Mine Rescue Services South Africa, the private company contracted to rescue the miners. At least 87 miners died in the monthslong standoff between police and the miners who were trapped ...

Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mines Rescue Services, watches on as new trainees perform a rescue task, during an interview in Carletonville, South Africa ... was one of the most important tools used ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA), a partner in South Africa’s ruling coalition, urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to “immediately establish an independent Commission of Inquiry into all aspects of what ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — The death ... were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year. Most of them resurfaced on their ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa ... illegal mining," the Democratic Alliance party said. Others have questioned if the extraordinarily harsh action by authorities was because most of the miners ...