South Africa — South Africa's president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as ...

South African authorities on Monday suspended rescue operations for an unspecified number of alleged illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine shaft west of Johannesburg due to safety concerns.

South African Police Service (SAPS) also reportedly cut off deliveries of food and water to the miners. Government minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni drew criticism for saying, “We are not sending ...

Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported to be trapped and starving CARLETONVILLE, South ...

The trade bled the South African economy of more than $3 billion last year, according to the mines minister. At the worst of times, said the miner, they ate rough salt, the only thing leftover to ...

Authorities now hope to bring all of the miners out, they said. Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable ...

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 ...

A miner, who spoke on condition of anonymity ... during an interview with The Associated Press, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ...