At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...
In South Africa, a months-long standoff between police and illegal gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in ...
(Themba Hadebe/The Associated Press) Illegal mining is a common practice in South Africa, where more than 30 per cent of people are unemployed. Migrants and others desperate to make ends meet ...
South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...
Illegal mining is rife at some of South Africa’s approximately 6,000 disused or abandoned mines where official operations have ended. Large groups of miners often go underground for months to ...
A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South Africa where dozens of ...