They are often undocumented foreign nationals and authorities said that the vast majority who came out of the Buffelsfontein mine were from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho, and were in South Africa ...

A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...

Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...

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

They are often undocumented foreign nationals and authorities said that the vast majority who came out of the Buffelsfontein mine were from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho who were in South Africa ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 ...

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

Photos from the scene show men - some emaciated - being carried out on stretchers after being rescued from the mine.

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster ... Zimbabwe and Lesotho, and were in South Africa illegally. Police said they seized gold, explosives, firearms and more than $2 million ...

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

The company said two employees died at Doornkop Mine, where all blasting operations have been temporarily suspended, and ...