South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine last year. That tactic to “smoke them out,” as described ...

An aerial view shows an open mine shaft where artisanal miners ... a commission of inquiry for the disaster unfolding at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, in the North West.

Disused shafts like Buffelsfontein attract desperate gold seekers who face hazardous conditions and deadly collapses. Zama zamas often lack documentation, complicating identification, especially ...

Stilfontein, South Africa — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87 ...

More than 240 survivors have been rescued at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, Stilfontein, since operations began. Many of the miners, labeled "Zama zamas—"hustlers" in the Zulu language—for their ...

Masechaba Sefularo/Jacaranda FM News This after a video of a miner being assaulted, purportedly at the Buffelsfontein gold mine, where scores of suspected illegal miners have been underground ...

According to a statement from the South African Police Service (SAPS) on Tuesday night, 106 illegal miners were arrested for illegal mining at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, North ...

A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa (Themba Hadebe/AP) The death toll in a months ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has delivered a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging him to set up a commission of Inquiry into the ongoing disaster at the Buffelsfontein Mine at Stilfontein ...