Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep ...

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

‘I can go to trauma counseling or whatever; I will never forget it.’ One of the miners that Mkwayi helped rescue handed him his mining helmet as a gesture of gratitude when they got to the surface.

Rescue efforts at an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where at least 78 people died, concluded on Thursday. Credit: flickr / Daniel Sallai CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Rescue operations at an illegal gold mine ...

South African authorities have declared their rescue of any miners still trapped in an illegal mine in Stilfontein to be over. Following a court order telling the police to rescue the trapped miners, ...

Even as several pumps remained pressed into action to dewater the mine, water continued to recede at a slow pace thus delaying rescue operations, they said. “Water is being continuously pumped out.

South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of ...

Workers from Mines Rescue Services operate the mechanical cage that was used for rescue operations at the mine shaft in Stilfontein ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 ... Mannas Fourie, the CEO of a rescue company involved in the operation ...

South African police said on Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where scores of illegal miners were trapped and believe they rescued all the survivors and retrieved ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all ...