Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

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

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

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

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

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By Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -At least 78 illegal miners have been pulled out ...