Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...

Spread This NewsBy Darlington Gatsi ZIMBABWEAN authorities in South Africa are hesitant to confront the government about its role in the deaths of 20 Zimbabweans at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in ...

An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

Zimbabwean authorities are reportedly reluctant to directly confront the South African government over the deaths of 20 Zimbabweans at the Buffelsfontein Gold ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster ... Zimbabwe and Lesotho, and were in South Africa illegally. Police said they seized gold, explosives, firearms and more than $2 million ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold ...