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

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6,000 abandoned or closed mines to search for leftover deposits. According ...

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In a distressing turn of events in South Africa, at least 100 illegal miners have died in an abandoned gold mine. Despite extensive efforts by authorities to extract the trapped individuals, the ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- No illegal miners remain underground after four days of a rescue operation at the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa's North West Province, police ...

Rescuers at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have recovered at least 60 bodies, as they press ahead with their operation. More than 90 survivors have been pulled out as of Tuesday evening ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — 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 ...

AT LEAST 100 illegal miners have died after becoming trapped in a South African gold ... Mining Affected Communities United in Action Group (MACUA). Some 18 bodies have been brought out of the ...