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, police said Thursday. Authorities ...
Authorities faced growing anger and a possible investigation over their initial refusal to help the miners and instead “smoke them out" by cutting off their food supplies.
STILFONTEIN: South Africa rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at ...
Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners in Stilfontein, resulting in close to 80 ...
The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has slammed government over its handling of the Stilfontein tragedy, ...
A trade union federation has accused the South African government of wilful negligence.Police in South Africa said Thursday ...
Zimbabwe Consul General Eria Phiri says no missing person case has been opened in the neighbouring country for persons ...