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

Rescuers have hoisted illegal miners and several bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, where reports emerge that hundreds may be trapped and at least 100 may have already died.

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

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

Mine rescue workers hoist up a cage that was used ... officials of exploiting anti-migrant sentiments already rife in South Africa. “Because they are illegal miners and are foreigners, they ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 ...

Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an ...

They declared the court-ordered rescue operation over on Wednesday ... (Themba Hadebe/The Associated Press) Illegal mining is a common practice in South Africa, where more than 30 per cent ...