Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...
SURVIVORS who were trapped in one of the deepest gold mines in South Africa have spoken out about turning to cannibalism to ...
At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...
An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.
Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...
Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...
Authorities have come under scrutiny for refusing to help the miners for months and claiming they were able to get out on ...
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
The bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine's Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water ...
CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) ...
Why Did 87 Miners Die Trapped Underground in South Africa as Police Tried to Force Their Surrender? CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's president is facing calls to order an inquiry ...