The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies for a period of time to the miners working illegally in the mine's ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...

Police first tried to force the miners out of the closed mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, in November by cutting off their supplies. The move, part of a larger crackdown ...

Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein town, fearful to come out of hiding and face arrest by security ...

Police said they are uncertain how many remain, but it is likely to be hundreds. The mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, has been the scene of a tense standoff between police ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police ...

A tragedy has played out in a South Africa after 87 miners were left to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a months-long standoff. The tragedy at the ...

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

South African police say they have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where scores of illegal miners were ...