The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...

A rescue team in South Africa has finished a recovery operation to find more than 200 miners trapped in an abandoned gold ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege. Alice Rizzo reports.

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...

In South Africa, nearly 2,000 illegal miners faced starvation and dire conditions in abandoned mines after a police crackdown. Many miners died due to lack of food and supplies. This illegal mining ...

More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during a police ...

Trapped up to 2.5 kilometres underground, the miners faced horrific conditions, with some resorting to cannibalism to survive ...

Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...

The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...