Shaft 11 of the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein Mine. Picture: @newstruthliz/AP Phase 3 of the operation includes sending a cage down the shaft to bring the illegal miners back up to the ...

Dozens of zama zamas were arrested after being brought to the surface and at least nine bodies were recovered on Monday. The operation follows a weeks-long saga at the abandoned shaft, where ...

Furthermore, the ongoing situation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, North West, has been described as a “massacre” following the release of videos depicting the appalling ...

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After weeks working — then later, trapped and starved by violent gang leaders — in the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold ... Africa was once the world’s top gold producer, but ageing ...

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(Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) NINE bodies were among illegal miners retrieved from the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein following rescue operations which started on Monday.

The saga of illegal miners reportedly trapped underground at the Buffelsfontein mine in North West has been in the media since November. Yesterday I went there to see for myself and to try and ...