The bodies of almost 90 illegal miners were brought to the surface of an abandoned shaft when police intensified an operation ...

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster, became a police target in August but it was only in November that the miners' situation drew the attention of rights groups. Activists warned ...

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

SURVIVORS who were trapped in one of the deepest gold mines in South Africa have spoken out about turning to cannibalism to ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water, and other essential ...

South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine last year. That tactic to “smoke them out,” as described by a ...

The North West Health Department was on Wednesday unable to give timelines for the start of preparations for the ...

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

The bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine’s Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water ...

The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger.

An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the ...

Why Did 87 Miners Die Trapped Underground in South Africa as Police Tried to Force Their Surrender? CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's president is facing calls to order an inquiry ...