Families of illegal miners plan to sue the government for accountability following the tragic deaths of zama zamas in a North ...

In South Africa a months long stand-off between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

Following the tragic Stilfontein mine disaster that claimed 78 lives, civil society and political parties demand ...

The crane would occasionally stop and start, leaving him dangling in the darkness. Once he got down into the mine, he was ...

A rescue team in South Africa has finished a recovery operation to find more than 200 miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reports.

The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...

The Embassy is working closely with the South African government to identify and verify the nationalities of the individuals ...

The Mozambican authorities have confirmed the death of at least four individuals when a gold mine collapsed on Wednesday, in ...

An operation is underway to rescue eight miners who remain trapped after a mine collapsed on Jan. 9 following a gas explosion ...

A miner who endured six months trapped in an abandoned mine in South Africa has recounted the terrifying experience he faced after a police crackdown cut off food and essential supplies to thousands ...

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

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