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

The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...

The recent Stilfontein disaster, claiming 78 lives, has exposed the devastating scale of South Africa's illegal gold mining ...

Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa, where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups of informal miners to illegally enter them to try and ...

South Africa gold mine - with hundreds still trapped - Death toll is expected to rise as rescuers pull out both surviors and ...

Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups of informal miners to illegally enter them to try and ...

At least 100 men who were mining in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have ... Illegal mining is common in parts of South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable ...

Stilfontein (South Africa ... an abandoned South African gold mine amid claims that hundreds were still underground and many had died. A professional mine rescue company sent a large cage ...

Illegal mining is prevalent in South Africa, especially when companies abandon unprofitable ... The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near Stilfontein has been a focal point of this crisis.

Rescuers on Monday hoisted seven illegal miners and at least four bodies from an abandoned South African gold mine amid claims that hundreds were still underground and many had died. A professional ...