South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...
It will be a "mammoth task" to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week, a police ...
The miners are suspected to have died of starvation and dehydration, although no causes of death have been released.
Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...
Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.