STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - One hundred and eighteen illegal miners have been extracted from the Stilfontein mine in South Africa on Monday and Tuesday as part of a rescue operation, of ...

The South African Police Service defended itself against claims that it arrested a volunteer, released information about Stilfontein miners and blasted a shaft.

South Africa Pulls 36 Corpses From Illegal Mine, Arrests 82 Survivors By Nellie Peyton and Siyabonga Sishi STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead ...

The South African government has said the siege of the Stilfontein mine was necessary to fight illegal mining, which Mining Minister Gwede Mantashe described as "a war on the economy." He ...