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

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

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

Athlenda Mathe, national spokesperson for the South African police, defended the operation. "Our mandate was to combat criminality and that is exactly what we've been doing," Mathe said at the ...

A suspected gang leader named 'Tiger' escaped police custody in South Africa, sparking controversy over the handling of ...

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe told reporters in November that vital supplies to those underground had been halted in a ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing ...

Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...

Seventy-eight corpses, along with more than 240 illegal miners, have been hoisted to the surface since Monday as part of a ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...