The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

Hundreds are still believed to be trapped on Wednesday and the death toll is expected to rise in a disaster that has focused ...

A total of 118 illegal miners, including 36 dead, have been extracted from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa. The ...

Food and other supplies were cut off to those inside the mine by local authorities who want the miners to surrender to police ...

The death toll makes the crackdown on the Stilfontein mine one of the deadliest on miners in recent South African history. As ...

While more than 160 people have been retrieved alive from underground since the start of the week - 78 dead bodies have also been recovered.

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the deaths of the Stilfontein illegal miners are reminiscent of the ...