By Nellie Peyton and Xolani Nhlapo STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

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

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

South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...

Police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the ...

Police said 78 bodies were retrieved in a court-ordered rescue operation, with 246 survivors also pulled out from deep ...

A deadly siege on an illegal gold mine near Stilfontein, South Africa, has resulted in at least 78 miner deaths, with ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...