Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

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

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months.

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

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

South African police say there's nobody left in the ... when he first told her he'd be going down into the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein to mine illegally.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they languished for ...