where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

A team of 402 illegal miners became trapped in the depths of Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in South Africa but only 324 of them emerged when they were pulled out. Seventy-eight of them met a grim fate ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported to ...

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

No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue teams have said. At least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...

Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mines Rescue Services, points out the technology capabilities of the mobile rescue winder that was used ...

But while anger is high in the local community, the tragedy has not stoked a strong reaction across South Africa, where illegal mining is often in the news. The practice is common at mines that ...

The Rescue of Hundreds of Miners in a Deep South African Gold Mine Began With a Camera and a Note CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an ...

Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported to be trapped and starving CARLETONVILLE, South ...