Police in South Africa said Thursday that the death toll at an illegal mining operation in the North West province had risen to at least 78. The latest announcement comes as search and rescue efforts ...

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

The closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was the scene of a standoff in November when police tried to force the miners out by ...

Crews responded Wednesday morning after a truck crashed into a lake in Winter Park. Critics are slamming the Princess of ...

A total of 78 bodies and 166 survivors - some of them emaciated and disorientated - have been hauled out so far in a ...

The mine near the town of Stilfontein has been the scene of a tense standoff between police, miners and the public ...

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Government says a number of illegal miners, known as Zama Zamas, have voluntarily emerged from the disused mine shafts in Stilfontein, indicating that these individuals have the capability to exit the ...

An aerial view of one of the three shafts used by illegal miners in Stilfontein. Picture: Saps A letter sent from under the Stilfontein earth highlights the dire situation facing illegal miners.

Stilfontein Miners All 26 illegal miners, who had resurfaced since Monday, were placed under arrest for illegal mining, trespassing and contravention of the Immigration Act, Act 13 of 2002.

Illegal miners at an abandoned mine in Stilfontein. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG - Some civil society organisations are worried that illegal miners occupying an abandoned ...