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

In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

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South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...

A South African bishop has described in detail what he saw and heard as the bodies were being taken from an abandoned gold ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of South African miners.