The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has slammed government over its handling of the Stilfontein tragedy, ...

Zimbabwe Consul General Eria Phiri says no missing person case has been opened in the neighbouring country for persons ...

Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners in Stilfontein, resulting in close to 80 ...

Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

In a police crackdown at an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, 78 people died and hundreds were rescued. The ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...