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

“This tragedy is eerily reminiscent of the Marikana massacre, where 34 miners were killed by live ammunition in a ...

Police have arrested suspected illegal mining kingpins who allegedly tortured, assaulted, starved and killed zama zamas at ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...

In a police crackdown at an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, 78 people died and hundreds were rescued. The ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

A police operation in Stilfontein will continue, despite initial reports that there are "no longer any illegal miners ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

A deadly siege on an illegal gold mine near Stilfontein, South Africa, has resulted in at least 78 miner deaths, with ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...