Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Community members have launched an effort to rescue thousands of illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in northwestern South ...

A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners and allow emergency workers to gain access to a shaft where hundreds are believed to be holed up. The High Court in Pretoria, ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of ...

South African community members are working to rescue thousands of illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in the country's northwest after authorities refused to help and blocked food and water from ...