Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

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

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

Illegal mining is often in the news in South Africa and a major problem for authorities as large groups go into mines that ...

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

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

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...

Authorities seized gold, explosives ... the tragedy has not stoked a strong reaction across South Africa, where illegal mining is often in the news. The practice is common at mines that companies ...

An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe Authorities have evidence of his involvement ...

The closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was the scene of ... has not stoked a strong reaction across South Africa, where illegal mining is often in the news. The practice is common at mines that ...

Illegal Mining Ringleader Escaped During South Africa Disaster With Help From Officers, Police Say JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped ...