We could not determine the number of people that are standing there, but it was evident that people were standing around and they were in need of help to come up to the surface,” said Mannas Fourie, ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — 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 all ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an ...

Mines Rescue Services (MRS), under the leadership of Mannas Fourie, recently saved 246 illegal miners (zama-zamas) who were trapped.

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has postponed the wind down of its longs business by a month to allow talks ...

Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...

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

Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...

South African engineering innovation was put on the map after world-first rescue technology was used to save 246 lives in the ...

Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...