Thousands of shafts were abandoned. In November, police stepped up efforts at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
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 ...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...
The latest tragedy has seen at least 78 bodies and over 200 survivors brought to the surface from a mine in Stilfontein.
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
The bodies of 78 zama zamas were recovered from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to shut down an elaborate illicit mining network in the area.
The large group was arrested during a special operation to retrieve scores of zama zamas at the Buffelsfontein gold mine.
Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...