A 23-year-old woman together with her accomplice have been arrested in Soweto, Johannesburg after she allegedly staged her ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87.

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing ...

Investigators face “a mammoth task” in identifying the dead as some of the bodies were already decomposing, and in some cases ...

A suspected gang leader named 'Tiger' escaped police custody in South Africa, sparking controversy over the handling of ...

South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether anyone was left in an illegal gold mine ...

South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of operations, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe told reporters at the scene ...