Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

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

At least 78 miners were confirmed dead, police said, and 246 survivors had been rescued. The victims were suspected to have ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...

In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...

South African police are searching for 'Tiger,' a gang leader involved in an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were found.

South African police are searching for a Lesotho gang leader, known as 'Tiger', who escaped during a police operation at an ...

Johannesburg, South Africa — The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been abandoned by South Africa’s gold ...

A gang leader suspected of running illegal gold mining operations in South Africa has escaped police custody. An ...