where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported to ...

No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue teams have said. At least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have ...

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.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...

Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving informal miners to illegally enter them to try and find leftover ...

Rescuers have hoisted illegal miners and several bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, where reports emerge that hundreds may be trapped and at least 100 may have already died.

But while anger is high in the local community, the tragedy has not stoked a strong reaction across South Africa, where illegal mining is often in the news. The practice is common at mines that ...