Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have ...

Police had encircled the mine since August and cut off food and water supplies ... Mannas Fourie, the CEO of a rescue company ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.

The mine is 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) deep with multiple shafts, many levels and a maze of tunnels. Another civic group had estimated that more than 500 miners were underground when the rescue ...

At least 78 miners were confirmed dead, police said, and 246 survivors had been rescued. The victims were suspected to have ...

Suspected seepage of fresh water from underground streams is slowing down the dewatering process, officials said on Thursday.

South Africa Mine Rescue Ends, Anger Rises Over 78 Deaths in Police Siege By Nellie Peyton and Xolani Nhlapo STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — 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 all ...

Police cut off food and water to illegal Stilfontein mine Aim was to force miners out to arrest them 78 corpses, 246 survivors pulled out in three-day rescue Labour union: this was a state ...