The Embassy is working closely with the South African government to identify and verify the nationalities of the individuals ...

More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during a police ...

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

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

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

South Africa’s president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners had been underground working illegally at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine ...

On Monday, six illegal miners resurfaced in Stilfontein at the Margaret shaft and on Thursday, four more resurfaced at Margaret Shaft and two at Buffelsfontein Shaft number 10. The police said that ...

To date, more than 1,500 illegal miners have emerged ... and that the various state entities and Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, provide Macua and the community members with a weekly progress report ...