No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

First responders pulled dozens of bodies and hundreds of emaciated survivors from an abandoned gold mine this week, bringing ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

JOHANNESBURG -- A total of 246 survivors and 78 bodies have been brought to the ground over three days of rescue operation at ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

Rescue efforts continue for trapped gold miners in South Africa, with at least 78 dead and criticism of government tactics to ...

The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew ...

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