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

(Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) NINE bodies were among illegal miners retrieved from the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein following rescue operations which started on Monday.

The miners were trapped in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near Stilfontein following a standoff with police that began in November, 2024. Police had launched an operation to force the miners ...

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The saga of illegal miners reportedly trapped underground at the Buffelsfontein mine in North West has been in the media since November. Yesterday I went there to see for myself and to try and ...

AFP via Getty Images But that tactic has been fiercely ... is under scrutiny for the way it has dealt with the issue at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, where more than 100 miners are believed ...

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The tragedy at Buffelsfontein is a symptom of deeper systemic failures within South Africa’s governance and mining sectors. Disused shafts like those at Buffelsfontein have become sites of ...

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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 (Themba Hadebe/AP) The death toll in a ...

Cape Town: 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 recovery of the remains of illegal miners comes as mine rescue teams kick off an intense operation to retrieve zama zamas occupying Shaft 11 of the Buffelsfontein gold mine. Rescuers use a ...