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

The miners are suspected to have died of starvation and dehydration, although no causes of death have been released.

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

To date, more than 1500 individuals involved in illegal mining have surfaced and been apprehended at the Buffelsfontein Gold ...

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

South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil ...

Opinion - Official communiqués have reduced the Stilfontein dead and emaciated to children of a lesser God, as if the State's representatives neither know nor care that the Buffelsfontein mine was ...

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

A standoff at an illegal South African gold mine has resulted in at least 87 fatalities, highlighting tensions between police and miners. Authorities face criticism for their tough stance, while a ...

The large group was arrested during a special operation to retrieve scores of zama zamas at the Buffelsfontein gold mine.