The Stilfontein mine rescue team is expected to conduct a final sweep underground today, to determine if there are any more illegal miners remaining underground.

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa where the toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police try to ...

A police operation in Stilfontein will continue, despite initial reports that there are "no longer any illegal miners ...

Rescuers are sending a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest mines in an attempt to bring out survivors ...

Police are investigating claims of kidnapping and torture made against the alleged kingpins of the illicit mining operation ...

South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine where hundreds of illegal extractors have been ...

A total of 246 survivors were rescued in a court-ordered operation but were immediately arrested for illegal mining and ...