The crane would occasionally stop and start, leaving him dangling in the darkness. Once he got down into the mine, he was ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

Families of illegal miners plan to sue the government for accountability following the tragic deaths of zama zamas in a North ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at ...

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

Following the tragic Stilfontein mine disaster that claimed 78 lives, civil society and political parties demand ...

The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...

A rescue team in South Africa has finished a recovery operation to find more than 200 miners trapped in an abandoned gold ...

The Embassy is working closely with the South African government to identify and verify the nationalities of the individuals ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...

A miner who endured six months trapped in an abandoned mine in South Africa has recounted the terrifying experience he faced after a police crackdown cut off food and essential supplies to thousands ...