South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil ...
Trapped up to 2.5 kilometres underground, the miners faced horrific conditions, with some resorting to cannibalism to survive ...
Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.