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

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...

South African authorities began their operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, about 95 miles west of ...

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

Civic organizations and groups representing the miners say that at least 24 bodies and 34 survivors have been brought out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine since Friday, but more than 500 miners are ...

South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein ...

Workers trapped in a deep gold mine in South Africa for nearly nine months have told how they survived this time. The illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine were shut down in a mine last year ...

Police tactics of blocking essential supplies at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine to trigger fear of death and further jeopardize the miners’ lives, and the incendiary language used by public ...

who have fiercely criticised police tactics at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, where more than 100 miners are believed to have died of starvation or dehydration. The mine near the town of ...

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster, became a police target in August but it was only in November that the miners' situation drew the attention of rights groups. Activists ...

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 ...