Trapped up to 2.5 kilometres underground, the miners faced horrific conditions, with some resorting to cannibalism to survive ...

More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during a police ...

Hundreds, if not thousands, of miners have been trapped underground at a disused mine in South Africa for weeks as a police ...

Police say the miners can come out but are refusing for fear of being arrested. (AP video/Alfonso Nqunjana) Forensic service workers carry bodies in blue body bags during a rescue operation to rescue ...

The latest tragedy has seen at least 78 bodies and over 200 survivors brought to the surface from a mine in Stilfontein.

16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Mine rescue workers work on a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved ...

Rescue workers hoist up a cage that was used to rescue trapped people at an abandoned gold mine, in Stilfontein, South Africa The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped ...