The Democratic Alliance, the second-biggest party in the governing coalition, calls for an independent inquiry.
STILFONTEIN - Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has arrived in Stilfontein to get the latest on developments on a ...
Rescue teams in South Africa have stepped up efforts to pull out survivors and the corpses of illegal miners trapped ...
Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa where the toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police try to ...
A total of 78 bodies and 166 survivors - some of them emaciated and disorientated - have been hauled out so far in a ...
At least 78 bodies were recovered from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, highlighting a severe crackdown on miners. Authorities, defending the operation, face criticism over alleged negligence and ...
Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, ...
The South African government faced growing criticism on Wednesday over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners who were ...
By Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an ...
Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three ...