The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...
South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold ...
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe visited the site Tuesday and said that more than 1,500 miners who resurfaced from the Buffelsfontein mine have been arrested since authorities began a ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine ...
A rescue mission is underway for the hundreds of illegal miners thought to still be underground in a disused shaft in South ...
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 ...
Some miners have emerged in the last two months ... A community-led rescue effort began bringing survivors and bodies out of the Buffelsfontein mine on Friday, while authorities started the ...
Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal ...