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 ...
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...
An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.
Food and other supplies were cut off to those inside the mine by local authorities who want the miners to surrender to police because they were mining illegally.
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over two months during a standoff with ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve them out.
Spread This NewsBy Darlington Gatsi ZIMBABWEAN authorities in South Africa are hesitant to confront the government about its role in the deaths of 20 Zimbabweans at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in ...
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...