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

The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...

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

In South Africa, a months-long standoff between police and illegal gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging ...

A sweeping Interpol-led operation targeting illegal mining in West Africa has led to the arrest of 200 people and the seizure ...

It will be a 'mammoth task' to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week, a police ...

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

An effort to rescue survivors in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died in South Africa was put an end on ...