A gang leader suspected of running illegal gold mining operations in South Africa has escaped police ... and did some illegal activities and in the process died inside those mines.

"Those who make money out of gold mining must take full responsibility of the risk taken." South Africa has some of the world's deepest gold mines, some of which reach kilometers underground ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday.

But contrary to an accusation commonly bandied about in South Africa, illegal mining is not exclusively the domaine of foreigners. Thornton said there existed a “sort of independent gold ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 ...

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 have languished for ...

More than 100 people have died after being trapped for months beneath an abandoned mine in South Africa. The men had been illegally mining in an abandoned gold ... A judge at Pretoria's High ...

An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe Authorities have evidence of his involvement ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported ...

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 confirmed Thursday. National Police ...