Once a bustling mining town, Haynes now holds remnants of its history as a town and mine which was crucial to the region at ...

AT LEAST 100 illegal miners have died after becoming trapped in a South African gold ... Mining Affected Communities United in Action Group (MACUA). Some 18 bodies have been brought out of the ...

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Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought ... in co-operation with the UK Home Office.

The men had been illegally mining in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, in the north west of the country, when they became trapped in a standoff in November. Authorities surrounded the mine in ...

The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies to the miners working illegally in the mine's tunnels. The tactic ...

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 ...

A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba ...