Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror of ...
The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
A South African bishop has described in detail what he saw and heard as the bodies were being taken from an abandoned gold ...
CEO of Mine Rescue Services South Africa, the private company contracted to rescue the miners. At least 87 miners died in the monthslong standoff between police and the miners who were trapped ...
A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...
inspects the mobile rescue winder that was used to rescue miners, during an interview in Carletonville, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) It was the beginning of ...