One of the volunteers who went into the Stilfontein mine shaft has painted a grim picture of the conditions underground.

The DA is calling for the inquiry to investigate key issues, including the role of government agencies, the involvement of ...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the deaths of the Stilfontein illegal miners are reminiscent of the ...

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

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

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

South African police lowered a camera down more than 1.5 km underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or corpses were still there after a months-long siege by ...

Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 ...

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

A total of 246 survivors and 78 bodies have been brought to the ground over three days of rescue operation at an abandoned ...

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

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