Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.

Authorities have come under scrutiny for refusing to help the miners for months and claiming they were able to get out on ...

In South Africa, a government crackdown on an illegal gold mine led to a state siege, causing 78 deaths. Volunteers ...

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

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

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have ...

A truck carrying mine rescue workers drives out as they leave after rescueing trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine, where ...

In a police crackdown at an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, 78 people died and hundreds were rescued. The ...

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

Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than 1.5 km underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or corpses were still there after a months-long siege by ...