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

Police have arrested suspected illegal mining kingpins who allegedly tortured, assaulted, starved and killed zama zamas at ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

As of 13:30 on Wednesday, the number of deceased suspected illegal miners extracted from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold ...

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee said even though all surviving miners have been rescued, the shaft is littered with body ...

National police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said from the illegal miners, 128 were are from Mozambique, 80 are ...

An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by ...

With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the ...

The South African government faces criticism over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners trapped during a police siege ...

STILFONTEIN - Two bodies of illegal miners recovered underground at the Stilfontein mine shaft have been identified. Police ...