The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa is demanding the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic ...

South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have brought out all the survivors ...

The Stilfontein mine rescue team is expected to conduct a final sweep underground today, to determine if there are any more illegal miners remaining underground.

Rescuers are sending a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest mines in an attempt to bring out survivors ...

A total of 246 survivors were rescued in a court-ordered operation but were immediately arrested for illegal mining.

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