The leadership of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, an independent professional institute of international standing for over 130 years, notes with sadness the gravity of the ...

The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...

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

Discover how South Africa's innovative Mobile Mines Rescue Winder played a pivotal role in rescuing 246 miners from the ...

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

South African authorities have launched a manhunt for James Neo Tshoaeli, a gangster known by the nickname "Tiger," as well as an investigation to find out who in the South African police force helped ...

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

Police in South Africa said Monday they had launched a manhunt for the alleged "kingpin" behind an illegal mining operation where scores of bodies have been recovered after he escaped from custody.

A tragedy has played out in a South Africa after 87 miners were left to die underground as authorities attempted to force ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa —They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal. Some struggle ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at ...