After enduring five years of abuse, a young girl finds the courage to speak out, leading to her grandfather's life sentence ...
STILFONTEIN, South Africa -- The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87 ...
The highly specialised equipment of emergency preparedness and response organisation Mines Rescue Services South Africa ...
After six months trapped underground, roughly 246 illegal miners were rescued at Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, ...
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved ...
STILFONTEIN, South Africa. (AP) — Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and wracking coughs echoed in the ...
North West Health MEC Sello Lehari led the opening of the North West Department of Health’s newly refurbished R30 million forensic mortuary in Potchefstroom and provided updates on the post-mortems of ...
Gcina Lepheana had been working deep in the illegal mine for five months when, in October last year, deliveries ...
The Buffelsfontein mine disaster, marked by loss of life and political division, underscores South Africa’s failure to address illegal mining and immigration issues.
HARARE - The Zimbabwean government has issued a call for assistance in identifying Zimbabwean nationals who died during ...
These individuals were among 93 suspected illegal miners, known as zama zamas, whose bodies were retrieved from the mine between December and January. Authorities continue the ...