The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil ...

Trapped up to 2.5 kilometres underground, the miners faced horrific conditions, with some resorting to cannibalism to survive ...

Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

Volunteers from the community who are familiar with the mine have been in the cage as it is dropped deep underground.

In a statement published Jan. 3, 2025, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of South Africa’s Mthatha Diocese ... illegally searching for leftover gold in the abandoned mine. The fact that most of the ...

Ethiopia is moving closer to fulfilling its potential as a major gold mining jurisdiction, KEFI Gold and Copper executive chairman Harry Anagnostaras-Adams tells The Africa Report. TotalEnergies, ...

During the operation, items such as jack hammers, shovels, generators, gold bearing material and explosives were seized. “From Monday, 30 December 2024, until today, 12 illegal miners have been placed ...