Authorities faced growing anger and a possible investigation over their initial refusal to help the miners and instead “smoke ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...

Zimbabwe Probes Chinese Gold Mine Over Health Concerns | Firstpost Africa Zimbabwe's government is scrutinizing a Chinese ...

Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...

In South Africa, nearly 2,000 illegal miners faced starvation and dire conditions in abandoned mines after a police crackdown. Many miners died due to lack of food and supplies. This illegal mining ...

The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...