Sixty bodies retrieved from closed South African gold mine
South African authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the shaft of a closed gold mine more than 2 km (1.2 miles) ...
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and starving in abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
At least 100 people reportedly dead in illegal South African gold mine as rescues continue
Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...
South African rand recovers from nine-month low
South Africa's rand firmed against the dollar on Tuesday, as markets looked to U.S. consumer inflation data due on Wednesday ...
Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
Rescuers have sent a cagelike structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds ...
Relatives wait for news as body bags hauled from South African mine
Six more bodies have been pulled up from a South African mine as efforts continue for a second day to help scores of illegal ...
Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground
Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from ...
South African mine rescue death toll rises amid illegal mining stand-off
The recoveries of bodies come months after the miners, who officials say were illegally mining, were first discovered and had ...
Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with scores reported dead
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...
South Africa vows to arrest trapped miners
South African officials will arrest hundreds of miners trapped in an abandoned illegal gold mine, the country’s mining minister said, despite a judge’s warning that the ordeal risks turning into “the ...
Rescuers pull survivors from South Africa mine as hundreds remain trapped
Police say that at least 36 bodies and 82 survivors have been brought out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine since Friday ...