Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mines Rescue Services, points out the technology capabilities of the mobile rescue winder that was used ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

A South African bishop has described in detail what he saw and heard as the bodies were being taken from an abandoned gold ...

CEO of Mine Rescue Services South Africa, the private company contracted to rescue the miners. At least 87 miners died in the monthslong standoff between police and the miners who were trapped ...

Rescuers have hoisted illegal miners and several bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, where reports emerge that hundreds may be trapped and at least 100 may have already died.

A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported ...

Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mines Rescue Services, watches on as new trainees perform a rescue task, during an interview in Carletonville, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe ...