South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil ...

Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

The latest tragedy has seen at least 78 bodies and over 200 survivors brought to the surface from a mine in Stilfontein.

The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...

In South Africa a months long stand-off between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging ...

The crane would occasionally stop and start, leaving him dangling in the darkness. Once he got down into the mine, he was ...

Trapped up to 2.5 kilometres underground, the miners faced horrific conditions, with some resorting to cannibalism to survive ...

AT least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have been pulled out of the Buffelsfontein near Stilfontein in South Africa’s ...

Just a day after the rescue operation at Stilfontein's abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was called off, residents are ...

Two sisters who have been missing for more than a week did not tell relatives they were “immediately” going to move out of their rented flat, their brother has said. Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, who ...