More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
The national crackdown against illegal mining began in late 2023, in part spurred by the rise of violent crime in communities ...
Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold ...
Residents desperately waiting for news of family members gathered at the mine, some holding placards criticizing authorities ...
The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87 ...
At least 100 illegal miners have died and more than 400 remain trapped underground after a months-long standoff with police, ...
Rescuers have sent a cagelike structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds ...
and the South African government is under scrutiny for the way it has dealt with the issue at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, where more than 100 miners are believed to have died underground of ...