Mine rescue experts arrived on site on Monday to begin technical work to bring the illegal miners back to the surface.

We could not determine the number of people that are standing there, but it was evident that people were standing around and they were in need of help to come up to the surface,” said Mannas Fourie, ...

South African rescue workers believe no one is underground ... in recent days brought dozens of miners to the surface from a stalled gold mine. Dozens of bodies were also recovered.

but it was evident that people were standing around and they were in need of help to come up to the surface,” said Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mine Rescue Services South Africa, the private company ...

More than 50 bodies were brought to the surface at the mine, police confirmed on Tuesday, as operations to rescue those still trapped underground continued. More than 100 people were brought up alive.

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6,000 abandoned or closed mines to search for leftover deposits. According ...

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late ... Rescuers brought the camera back to the surface and then sent it back underground, this time with a ...

While the mining experts say it's a race against time to rescue the illegal miners stuck underground at the Rand Leases gold mine, emergency personnel on-site say they are not leaving anything to ...

Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mines Rescue Services, points out the technology capabilities of the mobile rescue winder that was used to rescue miners, during an interview in Carletonville, South Africa ...