Hundreds of illegal miners trapped for months in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have reportedly resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off their food supply. Two survivors, ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine ...

The 260 miners who were trapped underground at a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in South Africa were all safely brought to the surface on Friday afternoon, the company announced. A press release from ...

Dying for gold: who killed the miners of Buffelsfontein? Many of South Africa’s abandoned gold mines have been taken over by “zama-zamas”, illegal miners who live underground for months at a time.

Andrew Grant has received grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Benjamin Ofosu-Atuahene has received funding in the form of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Olusola ...