STILFONTEIN, South Africa -South African ... A 26-year-old woman living near Stilfontein, who gave her name as Matumelo, said her husband had gone down the mine in June when she was pregnant.

Stilfontein, South Africa - January 14 ... 106 illegal miners were arrested for illegal mining at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, North West Province. Among those arrested ...

emaciated miners All 82 pulled out alive to face criminal prosecution Government labels illegal mining 'war on economy' STILFONTEIN, South Africa, Jan 14 (Reuters) - South African rescuers have ...

Rescued miners are seen as they are processed by police after being rescued at the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been ...

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa's old gold-mining regions, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for any remaining deposits. The illegal miners are frequently ...

South Africa Pulls 36 Corpses ... A 26-year-old woman living near Stilfontein, who gave her name as Matumelo, said her husband had gone down the mine in June when she was pregnant.

KHUMA, South Africa — For months, the miners and their families pleaded for help. By the time it came, the mine had become a ... The 28-year-old, a father of two and the family breadwinner ...

Zinzi Tom explained that her 29-year-old brother, Ayanda ... WATCH: The dangerous world of illegal mining in South Africa Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants ...

Zinzi Tom, whose 26-year-old ... South Africa is at over 45 percent. Stilfontein is a microcosm of the post-apartheid government's failure to better the lives of many poor black people. Cows graze in ...

Rescue operations were underway at a gold mine in South Africa’s North West province ... But for Zinzi Tom, whose 26-year-old brother is still down the mine, all that matters is that he comes ...