At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

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 ...

Deaths of illegal miners reflects that country’s troubled circumstances and need for aid from Elon Musk and others.

A South African bishop has described in detail what he saw and heard as the bodies were being taken from an abandoned gold ...

deep mineshaft in South Africa, where hundreds of illegal miners were reported to be trapped, starving, dehydrated and ...

South Africa seal 10-wicket win in the second Test to win the series 2-0 despite Pakistan’s late fightback in Cape Town. South Africa seal their place in World Test Championship final with a two ...

An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe Authorities have evidence of his involvement ...

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 authorities ...