Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...

Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...

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

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

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

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

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein ...

South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

At least 100 illegal miners have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped underground for months in ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police ...