Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from ...

Rescuers Bring Out Survivors and Dead From a South African Mine as Hundreds Remain Deep Underground STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Rescuers sent a cage-like structure down into one of South ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers ... to be sent down to the miners.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa - South African rescuers were making final efforts ... way of verifying information from volunteers who went down on Wednesday evening and said they could see no one ...

Rescuers are sending a cage-like structure into ... Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — (AP) — Rescuers sent a cage-like structure down into one of South ... Authorities have come under scrutiny for their tactics after South African Cabinet Minister ...