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

As of 13:30 on Wednesday, the number of deceased suspected illegal miners extracted from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold ...

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee said even though all surviving miners have been rescued, the shaft is littered with body ...

Operation at the Stilfontein mine in North West are to continue until police are satisfied. Police spokeswoman Brigadier Athlenda Mathe confirmed this on Wednesday as officials entered day four of the ...

A police operation in Stilfontein will continue, despite initial reports that there are "no longer any illegal miners ...

South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...

An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by ...

National police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said from the illegal miners, 128 were are from Mozambique, 80 are ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...

More than 250 illegal miners have been retrieved since the start of phase three this week, with 78 dead bodies being recovered.