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 ...

(250116) -- JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Rescue vehicles are seen at the rescue operation site of an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, North West Province, South Africa, on Jan. 16, 2025.

The South African Police Service confirmed the deaths of at least 78 people on Wednesday following the end of a rescue operation at an abandoned mine where miners, cut off from food and water, had ...

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 ...

Mathe said at least 13 children had also come out of the mine before the official rescue operation. Police announced Wednesday that they were ending that operation after three days and said they ...

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 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 ...

Rescuers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished ... The groups say the government’s weeks-long refusal to ...

Authorities initially deemed it too dangerous for official rescue personnel to enter the mine, leaving community volunteers familiar with its layout to descend in the cage. Here, they pulled ...

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

mine rescue teams say they've found no other illegal miners underground. A technical team driving an operation to shut down an illicit mining network sent high-tech equipment down shaft 11 earlier ...