South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

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 ...

The latest tragedy has seen at least 78 bodies and over 200 survivors brought to the surface from a mine in Stilfontein.

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

The bodies of 78 zama zamas were recovered from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to shut down an elaborate illicit mining network in the area.

The large group was arrested during a special operation to retrieve scores of zama zamas at the Buffelsfontein gold mine.

Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...

This is arguably the worst mass murder of miners due to state actions and a series of decisions since the dawn of democracy, ...