South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought ...

At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died of suspected starvation and ...

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

At least 100 illegal miners have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped underground for months in an abandoned gold mine in North West province, South Africa. The group ...

(Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) NINE bodies were among illegal miners retrieved from the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein ... Service launched a raid aimed at ridding the North ...

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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 ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic ...

An operation to rescue illegal gold miners who are stranded in deep underground shafts in South Africa’s North West province ... sealed off shafts at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein ...

ordering the immediate commencement of rescue operations for the miners trapped in Shafts 10 and 11 of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, North West. The ruling follows an urgent ...

A group representing the miners said that at least 18 bodies and 26 survivors have been brought out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine since Friday, but more than 500 miners are still believed to be ...