The miners are suspected to have died of starvation and dehydration, although no causes of death have been released.

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

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

It will be a 'mammoth task' to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week, a police ...

No illegal miners remain underground after four days of a rescue operation at the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa's North West Province, police confirmed Thursday.

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...

SAPS faces mounting pressure as controversy erupts over plans to dismantle its internal watchdog, the National Police ...

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...

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