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

By Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an ...

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew ...

Hundreds are still believed to be trapped on Wednesday and the death toll is expected to rise in a disaster that has focused ...

South African police said on Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where scores of illegal ...

All 166 survivors rescued so far arrested, charged with illegal immigration, trespass and illegal mining among other offences ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...