Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of South African miners.

Investigators are looking into what cause a crane to fall into a building at the Everett Mall, leaving two people hurt.

Standing near the rim of a nearly 2-mile deep shaft, Zinzi Tom waited for word of her brother as the authorities began a long ...

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

Most of the miners appear to have died from starvation or dehydration after the South African government disrupted food and ...