Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and ...
In South Africa a months long stand-off between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
A miner who endured six months trapped in an abandoned mine in South Africa has recounted the terrifying experience he faced ...
The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...
More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during a police ...