Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...

Authorities faced growing anger and a possible investigation over their initial refusal to help the miners and instead “smoke ...

As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.

Police have called an end to a rescue operation that was launched in South Africa to rescue about 300 illegal miners known as ZamaZamas trapped more than two kilometres underground. Police launched an ...

Over 78 miners have died, and more than 160 have been rescued from an abandoned South African gold mine amid a standoff with ...

Investigators determined that the incident at the Colorado tourist mine was "not attributed to current mine practices or equipment malfunctions." ...

Rescue efforts were in their third day on Wednesday, with a red cylindrical metal cage being lowered into the mine to extract survivors and corpses. The cage can hold about a dozen people or dead ...