buffelsfontein miners

South Africa, gold mine

Hundreds of Miners Were Trapped for Months —Until an Extraordinary Two-Man Rescue Mission

The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was horrific.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months.

The Washington Post · 4d

At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine for months, group says

A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tr

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Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark reality

Allegations that the miners resorted to eating human flesh in order to survive were also made by other miners who were ...

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Trapped in Despair: The Illegal Mine Dilemma at Buffelsfontein

The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...

Los Angeles Times3d

Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought emaciated survivors to the ...

The Citizen1d

Stilfontein: Police say no illegal miners remain underground, courts will determine who’s responsible for deaths

Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal ...

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