A 16-year-old boy was rescued from a 50-foot-deep mine shaft by the Placer County Technical Rescue Team of the Cal Fire ...

Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 deaths ...

Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues “resorted to cannibalism”. “They cut parts of legs, arms, and ribs for ...

Illegal mining is common in many parts of South Africa. Typically, undocumented miners known as zama zamas - from an isiZulu expression for "taking a chance" - move into mines abandoned by commercial ...

At least 51 bodies and 106 survivors have been pulled from the Stilfontein mine, South African police said Wednesday, with many more feared trapped inside. While estimates varied on how many men ...

Joburg EMS initiated rescue efforts, but were forced to halt at a depth of 15 meters due to low oxygen levels.

Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.

Rescue efforts for illegal miners trapped in a Johannesburg mine shaft were suspended due to safety risks. Officials halted ...

The zama zamas have been unable to resurface since Saturday after a rope they were using to get in and out of the abandoned ...

Mine rescue experts arrived on site on Monday to begin technical work to bring the illegal miners back to the surface.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African authorities on Monday suspended rescue operations for an unspecified number of alleged illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine shaft west of Johannesburg ...