South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a monthslong standoff.

A rescue mission is underway for the hundreds of illegal miners thought to still be underground in a disused shaft in South Africa

No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue teams have said.