The miners are suspected to have died of starvation and dehydration, although no causes of death have been released.

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

It will be a "mammoth task" to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week, a police ...

The alleged ringleaders in the Stilfontein mine saga are expected to be among more than 100 suspects set to appear in court ...

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

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

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

South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

A standoff at an illegal South African gold mine has resulted in at least 87 fatalities, highlighting tensions between police and miners. Authorities face criticism for their tough stance, while a ...

Thirty-six bodies have been lifted over two days from an abandoned South African gold mine, police said Tuesday, with fears that dozens of people were still underground.

JOHANNESBURG -- A total of 246 survivors and 78 bodies have been brought to the ground over three days of rescue operation at ...