Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 ...

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

Volunteers from the community who are familiar with the mine have been in the cage as it is dropped deep underground.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic ...

The closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was the scene of a standoff in November when police tried to force the miners out by ...

A critical rescue operation at South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine is underway, attempting to save illegal miners trapped for months. Despite efforts, over 100 miners have died of starvation or ...

Rescuers continued retrieving bodies Wednesday from an abandoned South African gold mine with hundreds more still believed to ...

STILFONTEIN - Residents in Stilfontein have threatened to take to the streets over the standoff between police and the illegal miners occupying a shaft at the old Buffelsfontein mine.

The GOOD party supports the call for a Commission of Inquiry into government’s delayed response to the humanitarian crisis in ...

The mine features three primary entry and exit points: Margaret Shaft, Buffelsfontein Shaft 10, and Buffelsfontein Shaft 11. According to Mzukisi Jam, spokesperson for the South African National ...