The standoff between police and illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine has led to at least 87 deaths. Authorities faced criticism for cutting off food supplies, leading to charges ...

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

Police say the death toll in a standoff with miners trapped while working illegally at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa ...

Footage shared by a miners' rights group appeared to show dead bodies wrapped in plastic at the illegal underground site, ...

The year 2024 was the hottest year on record. For the first time the average global temperature rose to 1.6C above preindustrial levels, exceeding the 1.5C vital to preventing accelerating climate ...

A devastating situation has unfolded in South Africa's North West province, where at least 100 illegal gold miners have died ...

On the second day of the State-sponsored rescue mission, a total of 106 miners were brought to surface and arrested for ...

Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn't stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and wracking coughs echoed in the confined space.

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