STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police announce sudden end of mine rescue operation, say they believe all survivors and bodies retrieved.

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

A deadly crackdown at an illegal gold mine in South Africa's Stilfontein has claimed at least 78 lives, with hundreds more feared trapped. The operation, criticized by unions for negligence, has ...

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By Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an ...

A group representing informal miners in South Africa says least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold ...

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa where the toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police try to ...

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...