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

Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...

South Africa’s engineering prowess has been hailed for the role it played in the rescue of 246 individuals from the Stilfontein mine tragedy. 78 people lost their lives tragically at the ...

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

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 ...

Discover how South Africa's innovative Mobile Mines Rescue Winder played a pivotal role in rescuing 246 miners from the ...

The Fair Work Commission recently dealt with an unfair dismissal case where a worker maintained that his emergency response duties justified exceeding speed limits. The case arose from an incident at ...

Of the 324 people pulled out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 78 had perished from starvation or dehydration. The illegal ...

The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...

Miners in South Africa, who take risks by entering abandoned mines to search for leftover gold, had no option but to survive ...

South African engineering innovation was put on the map after world-first rescue technology was used to save 246 lives in the ...