Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

No illegal miners remain underground after four days of a rescue operation at the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa's North West Province, police confirmed Thursday.

At least 87 miners are dead, and dozens more bodies may remain underground—the brutal outcome of a protracted dispute at an ...

The miners are suspected to have died of starvation and dehydration, although no causes of death have been released.