The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve them out.

The Coalbrook North Colliery disaster of January 21, 1960, remains one of the most catastrophic events in South African mining history, where 435 miners tragically lost their lives due to a tunnel collapse. The bodies of those who perished in this incident were never recovered.

Rescue workers retrieved at least 78 bodies from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where police cut off food and water supply.

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their access to food and water.

South African police are searching for 'Tiger,' a gang leader involved in an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were found. Surviving miners report starvation as gang leaders hoarded food. The incident has raised questions about accountability,

South African police have launched a manhunt for a Lesotho gang member believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were recovered last week during a police siege, from which he escaped.

A suspected leader of an illegal gold mining operation in South Africa, James Neo Tshoaeli, has reportedly escaped custody with alleged assistance from police officers. Tshoaeli, who goes by the nickname "Tiger,