The recent Stilfontein disaster, claiming 78 lives, has exposed the devastating scale of South Africa's illegal gold mining crisis ...

STORY: South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine near the town of ...

Police say the death toll in a standoff with miners trapped while working illegally at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa ...

Police said 78 bodies were retrieved in a court-ordered rescue operation, with 246 survivors also pulled out from deep ...

Volunteers from the community who are familiar with the mine have been in the cage as it is dropped deep underground.

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

Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said on Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...

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Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an ...

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More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.