A rescue operation at South Africa's Stilfontein mine has come to an end after 248 living miners and 78 bodies were retrieved ...

By Nellie Peyton and Xolani Nhlapo STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on ...

By Siyabonga Sishi and Nellie Peyton STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African rescuers were making final efforts ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

In a police crackdown at an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, 78 people died and hundreds were rescued. The ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...

A deadly siege on an illegal gold mine near Stilfontein, South Africa, has resulted in at least 78 miner deaths, with ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

Police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...