Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

SURVIVORS who were trapped in one of the deepest gold mines in South Africa have spoken out about turning to cannibalism to ...

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

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

Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.

South African authorities have argued that the miners were always able to exit through another shaft at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, one of the deepest in the mineral-rich country. But activists said ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

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 ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

Authorities launched an operation in November to force out the men who were mining illegally at the closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine by cutting off their food and water supplies from the surface for a ...