South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an ...
Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 after nine bodies were retrieved on Monday, the first day of a massive ...
The government says they are robbing South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold. Authorities said that more than 1,500 people have been arrested for mining illegally in the Stilfontein ...
"Those who make money out of gold mining must take full responsibility of the risk taken." South Africa has some of the world's deepest gold mines, some of which reach kilometers underground ...
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — 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 ...
A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba ...
An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe Authorities have evidence of his involvement ...