Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...

Workers trapped in a deep gold mine in South Africa for nearly nine months have told how they survived this time. The illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine were shut down in a mine last year ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

Authorities have come under scrutiny for refusing to help the miners for months and claiming they were able to get out on ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

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

This followed accusations from union GIWUSA alleging SAPS arrested Mzwandile Mkwayi to prevent him from speaking about the ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police ...