Fourteen illegal miners were killed, and eight others were hospitalised after a rockfall at a disused mine shaft near Rustenburg in the North West.

Rescue operations are under way near Rustenburg after disused platinum dump collapses on group digging for precious metals.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 14 artisanal miners are dead and scores are injured at a disused mine in South Africa, police said Tuesday. The South African Police Service said the miners were found ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bodies of 14 illegal miners have been found in a disused mine shaft in north-western South Africa, police reported on Tuesday.

Fourteen illegal miners have died at a disused mine in South Africa on Tuesday (Aug 11), with police saying a rockfall was the likely cause of the deaths. Confirming the deaths, police said in a ...

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At least 14 suspected illegal miners have been killed and ‌eight injured when a mine dump collapsed in ‌South Africa's North West province, police say. Search and rescue operations were ongoing for an ...

At least 14 artisanal miners were killed and eight injured after the walls of a mine collapsed near Rustenburg in South Africa, police said on Tuesday. North West provincial police commissioner Lt Gen ...

A rockfall at an illegal mine northwest of Johannesburg killed 14 miners, most of them from Lesotho, with several hurt ...

At least 14 miners are dead and scores are injured at a disused mine in South Africa, police said Tuesday. The South African Police Service said the miners were found dead at a mine near the city of ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 14 artisanal miners died and eight were injured when the walls of a mine in South Africa caved in on them, police said Tuesday. North West provincial police commissioner ...