Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa. (AP ... said he surfaced on Christmas Day after entering the shaft in July, spending months ...

At least 246 people have resurfaced since a specialised machine installed on Monday sent a cage down the 2.6-kilometre (1.6-mile) shaft near Stilfontein, about 140 kilometres southwest of ...

Of the miners taken out of the shaft, only five were South African, northwest provincial police chief Patrick Asaneng told a press conference in Stilfontein late on Tuesday. The rest included 128 ...

Stilfontein (South Africa) (AFP) – Rescuers retrieving illegal miners from a disused South African gold shaft said on Thursday a final sweep appeared to show nobody was left underground ...

A South African Police Services (Saps) vehicle is parked near the mine shaft in Stilfontein on 17 November 2024. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP Authorities have claimed that no illegal miners remain ...

National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said that 78 bodies were retrieved in a court-ordered rescue operation, with 246 survivors also pulled out from deep underground since the operation began ...

Zinzi Tom did not celebrate Christmas in December. Her brother was trapped more than two kilometres underground in Shaft 11 of the Stilfontein mine, along with hundreds of other illegal miners.

Rescuers cross the caution tape near a Metalliferous Mobile Rescue Winder during a rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein on 13 January 2025.

Of the miners taken out of the shaft, only five were South African, northwest provincial police chief Patrick Asaneng told a press conference in Stilfontein late on Tuesday. The rest included 128 ...

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe confirmed that two volunteers assisting in the operation had confirmed that there are no longer any illegal miners underground.