The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil ...

Trapped up to 2.5 kilometres underground, the miners faced horrific conditions, with some resorting to cannibalism to survive ...

Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

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

Zimbabwe consul general Eria Phiri visits Stilfontein after illegal miners are retrieved, pledging support for identification ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

India's foreign ministry voiced concerns on Friday about China's planned hydropower dam on the Yarlung Zangbo river, a project potentially affecting India and Bangladesh. The river transforms into the ...

The ongoing “Vala Umgodi” operations in the Bojanala Platinum and Dr Kenneth Kaunda Districts continue to bear fruit after police arrested six male suspects on Wednesday in Hartbeespoortdam in the ...