AT least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have been pulled out of the Buffelsfontein near Stilfontein in South Africa’s ...

Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...

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

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

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

Zimbabwe consul general Eria Phiri visits Stilfontein after illegal miners are retrieved, pledging support for identification ...

Macua added that the high court’s decision to not force the government and the Buffelsfontein mine to rescue the miners is “legally and morally untenable”. It said the court “acknowledged ...

The organisation said the court’s decision shielded the state and the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine from accountability. “The Gauteng Division of the High Court, Pretoria, ruled that impoverished ...

Myburgh explained that there are three shafts used as entry and exit points — Margaret Shaft, Buffelsfontein shaft 10 and Buffelsfontein shaft 11. More illegal miners were still making their way ...

“Of the 26 illegal miners, four resurfaced at Margaret Shaft and 22 at Buffelsfontein shaft no 10,” explained North West police spokesperson Adele Myburgh. According to police, the group ...

They are part of a group of so-called zama-zamas who resurfaced from the Magaret and Buffelsfontein shafts this week. ALSO READ: 26 more illegal miners resurfaced from Stilfontein mine this ...