The recent Stilfontein disaster, claiming 78 lives, has exposed the devastating scale of South Africa's illegal gold mining crisis ...

STORY: South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine near the town of ...

Zimbabwe Consul General Eria Phiri says no missing person case has been opened in the neighbouring country for persons ...

The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has slammed government over its handling of the Stilfontein tragedy, ...

Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners in Stilfontein, resulting in close to 80 ...

Police said 78 bodies were retrieved in a court-ordered rescue operation, with 246 survivors also pulled out from deep ...

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

Police say the death toll in a standoff with miners trapped while working illegally at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

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