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

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

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

Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...

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

David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs ...

The latest tragedy has seen at least 78 bodies and over 200 survivors brought to the surface from a mine in Stilfontein.

This is arguably the worst mass murder of miners due to state actions and a series of decisions since the dawn of democracy, ...

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

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