Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing ...

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

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

South African police are searching for 'Tiger,' a gang leader involved in an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were found.

South African police are searching for a Lesotho gang leader, known as 'Tiger', who escaped during a police operation at an ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa—At least 78 people have died after authorities imposed a blockade on an illegal gold mine here, part of a monthslong standoff between prospectors and a government ...

A gang leader suspected of running illegal gold mining operations in South Africa has escaped police custody. An ...